World War 1 timeline
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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
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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
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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
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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
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China Declares War on Austria-Hungary
On August 14th China formally joined the Allies and declared war on Austria and Germany. She took no great part in the war, except to invade the... Read more
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China Declares War on Germany
On August 14th China formally joined the Allies and declared war on Austria and Germany. She took no great part in the war, except to invade the... Read more
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Eleventh Battle Of The Isonzo
The Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo was a World War I battle fought by the Italian and Austro-Hungarian Armies on the Italian Front between August 18... Read more
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British Forces Launch Attack on Ramadi
The Battle of Ramadi was fought in central Iraq late in September 1917 between the British and the Ottomans; it was part of the Mesopotamian... Read more
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Battle Of Caporetto
The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo or the Battle of Karfreit as it was known by the Central Powers; Slovene:... Read more
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Brazil Declares War on Germany
Despite the then internal political conditions, Brazil entered into World War I in 1917, alongside with the Triple Entente, after initially... Read more
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Battle Of Beersheba
The Battle of Beersheba took place on 31 October 1917, as part of the Sinai and Palestine campaign during World War I. The highlight of the battle... Read more
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Third Battle Of Gaza
The Third Battle of Gaza was fought in 1917 in southern Palestine during World War I. The British Empire forces under the command of General Edmund... Read more
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Battle Of Mughar Ridge
The Battle of El Mughar Ridge on 13 November 1917 took place at Junction Station, where the Haifa-Jerusalem line branches to Beersheba. The battle... Read more
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Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Hundreds of British Tanks Breach the Hindenburg Line at Cambrai General Byng' s Army, After Nearly Reaching Its Objective, Forced to... Read more
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Peace Talks Begin Between Russia and Germany
The Bolshevik delegates went through the farce of opening "peace parleys" with the Germans on November 28, 1917, crossing over into the German... Read more
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United States Declares War on Austria-Hungary
Theatre definitions: Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia... Read more
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Panama Declares War on Austria-Hungary
The Central American and Caribbean republics were officially pro-Ally. Of course Panama and Cuba were treaty protectorates, and Haiti, the... Read more
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Battle Of Château-Thierry
The Battle of Château-Thierry was fought on July 18, 1918 and was one of the first actions the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) under General... Read more
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Battle of Picardy
On March 21st, 1918, Germany opened the great engagement which will probably prove to be the decisive battle of the war. This designation has... Read more
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Operation Michael
Operation Michael was a First World War German military operation that began the Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. It was launched from the... Read more
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Action of Khan Baghdadi
The Action of Khan Baghdadi was an engagement during the Mesopotamian Campaign in World War I. The 15th Indian Division had been at Ramadi since... Read more
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Battle Of The Lys
The Battle of the Lys (also known as the Lys Offensive, the Fourth Battle of Ypres, the Third Battle of Flanders (French: 3ème Bataille des... Read more
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The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, is Shot Down and Killed
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service... Read more
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Guatemala Declares War on Germany
Like Tinoco, Guatemalan President Estrada Cabrera had his own reasons for declaring war on Germany. Over the previous twenty years Germany had... Read more
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Nicaragua Declares War on Germany and Austria-Hungary
The Dominican Republic, then still known as Santo Domingo, had been occupied by U.S. Marines since late 1916 and thus its government was obliged to... Read more