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| 1 |
German declaration of unrestricted
submarine warfare |
| 24 |
British forces recapture Kut
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| 11 |
British forces capture Baghdad |
| 12 |
Start of the Russian revolution |
| 15 |
Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II |
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| 3 |
Lenin smuggled back into Russia
on a German military train |
| 6 |
USA declares war on Germany |
| 9 |
Battle of Arras starts (ends
15 May) |
| 16-20 |
Nivelle offensive |
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| 25 |
First Gotha aeroplane raid on
England |
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| 13 |
Daylight Gotha raid on London,
killing 162 civilians |
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| 1 |
Beginning of Kerensky
offensive on the Eastern front |
| 7 |
Daylight Gotha raid on London,
killing 57 civilians |
| 31 |
3rd Battle of Ypres (also known
as the Battle of Passchendaele) starts (ends 10 Nov) |
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| 24 |
Battle of Caporetto (also known
as the 12th Isonzo) starts (ends 12 Nov) |
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| 2 |
British government issues the
Balfour Declaration |
| 6-8 |
Bolshevik seizure of power in
Petrograd |
| 7 |
British capture Gaza |
| 16 |
Clemenceau becomes French prime
minister |
| 20 |
Battle of Cambrai starts (ends
7 Dec) |
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| 9 |
British capture Jerusalem |
| 15 |
Russia signs an armistice with
Germany |
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