What Happened in Jul 1917

Bolsheviks Seize Control of the Russian Government

Social Revolutionary Army General Kornilov, Commander-in-Chief Bolshevik Army Leon Trotsky, Commander-in-Chief Through the June elections... Read more

Destruction of HMS Vanguard

The eighth HMS Vanguard was the victim of an internal explosion. Her magazine was detonated by unstable cordite and within seconds the battleship... Read more

Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele)

Allied Forces, 1,000,000 General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief General Sir William Robertson, Chief of Staff 2d British Army—General... Read more

US Congress Appropriates $640,000,000 for Manufacture of Airplanes

The nation voiced its enthusiastic approval when, on July 14, 1917, the Congress voted an appropriation of $640,000,000 for the manufacture of... Read more

Siam Declares War on Germany and Austria-Hungary

In 1917 Siam declared war on Germany, mainly to gain favour with the British and the French. Siam's token participation in World War I secured it a... Read more