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1916<br />
1917<br />
August 4 Germans capture Warsaw<br />
September 5 Tsar Nicholas takes command of Russian armies<br />
September 22 Second Battle of Champagne begins<br />
October 3 Anglo-French force lands at Salonika in Greece<br />
October – November Austro-German-Bulgarian forces invade Serbia, expelling Serbian army from the country<br />
December 19 Sir Douglas Haig replaces Sir John French as commander of British Expeditionary Force<br />
December 28 Allies begin withdrawal of troops from Gallipoli<br />
February 21 – December 18 German attack on Verdun in the longest battle of the war, ultimately defended by the French at great cost to<br />
both sides<br />
March 11 – November 14 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Battles of Isonzo between Italy and Austria-Hungary<br />
April British forces in Mesopotamia begin advance on Baghdad<br />
March 9 Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico<br />
March 24 French passenger ship, Sussex, torpedoed<br />
April 24 Easter rebellion starts in Ireland<br />
May 4 Germany renounces submarine policy<br />
May 19 Britain and France conclude Sykes-Picot agreement<br />
May 31 – June 1 Battle of Jutland, the biggest naval battle in history, ultimately without a clear victor<br />
June – August Turkish forces, led by Enver Pasha, are defeated by the Russians in the Caucasus<br />
June 4 – September 20 Russian Brusilov offensive in Carpathia nearly knocks Austria-Hungary out of the war<br />
June 5 With British support (led by T.E. Lawrence), Hussein, grand sherif of Mecca, lead an Arab revolt against the<br />
Turks in the Hejaz<br />
July 1 Start of the Battle of the Somme, with the greatest number of casualties in British military history, 60,000<br />
July 29 US marines land in Haiti<br />
August – December Romania enters the war with the Allies, but is quickly overrun by German forces<br />
August 28 Italy declares war on Germany<br />
August 31 Germany suspends submarine assaults<br />
September 15 Tanks introduced for the first time on the Somme battlefield by the British<br />
October 15 Germany resumes U-boat attacks<br />
November 7–9 US President Woodrow Wilson secures re-election<br />
November 18 End of the Battle of the Somme<br />
November 28 First German airplane (as opposed to zeppelin) air-raid on Britain<br />
November 29 US occupation of Santa Domingo proclaimed<br />
December 7 David Lloyd George replaces Asquith as British Prime Minister<br />
December 12 Germany issues peace note suggesting compromise peace<br />
December 18 US President Woodrow Wilson requests statements of war objectives from warring nations in peace note<br />
January 10 Allies state peace objectives in response to US President Woodrow Wilson’s December 1916 peace note<br />
January 31 Germany announces unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
February 1 Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare<br />
February 3 US severs diplomatic ties with Germany<br />
February 23 – April 5 German forces begin withdrawal to strong positions on the Hindenburg Line<br />
February 24 Zimmermann Telegram is passed to the US by Britain, detailing alleged German proposal of an alliance with<br />
Mexico against the US<br />
February 26 US President Woodrow Wilson requests permission from Congress to arm US merchantmen<br />
March 1 Zimmermann Telegram published in US press<br />
March 11 British capture Baghdad<br />
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