| 02/01: |
Germany
declares unrestricted submarine warfare. |
| 02/17-03/11: |
British
and Indian forces capture Baghdad. |
| 03/15: |
Tsar
Nicholas II of Russia abdicates, and a provisional government
is set up following the outbreak of a Revolution during
the prior week. |
| 03/26-04/19: |
British
attack Gaza, Palestine, but are driven back. |
| 04/06: |
The
United States of America declares war on Germany. |
| 04/09-05/16: |
Battle
of Arras; Canadians take Vimy Ridge. British casualties:
150,000, German: 100,000. |
| 04/16-05/15: |
Second
Battle of the Aisne. French launch a great offensive,
but following a mutiny, 100,000 French soldiers are court-martialled,
and many are shot. |
| 06/07-14: |
Battle
of Messines. The British finally take the Messines Ridge
of the Ypres Salient that the Germans dominated from early
in the war. |
| 07/31-11/06: |
Third
Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). Canadians take the village
of Passchendaele. British casualties: more than 300,000,
German: less than 200,000. |
| 09/28-29: |
Anglo-Indian
troops attack Ramadi. |
| 10/31-12/09: |
British
attack Beersheeba, Gaza, Junction Station, and Jerusalem. |
| 11/08: |
With
the Bolsheviks now in power in Russia, Lenin reads his
Decree on Peace to the Soviet Congress. Russian armies
collapse on the Eastern Front, as a civil war breaks out
in Russia. |
| 11/28: |
Battle
of Cambrai. British make a weak advance but eventually
lose ground. British casualties: 1500, German prisoners:
10,000. |
| 12/06: |
Nineteen
German aircraft bomb London, Dover, Ramsgate, Sheerness,
and Margate. |
| 12/15: |
The
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends the war for Russia. |
