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Great Yarmouth bombarded by the German Navy.
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Russia rejected Lenin's peace at all costs for Trotsky's "no war, no peace".
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Mutiny in the Austrian Navy at Cattaro.
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Germany resumed her war against Russia after the failure to secure a peace settlement.
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Russia accepted Germany's peace terms.
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Germany and Russia.
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Germany broke through in the Somme at the start of its ‘Spring Offensive’. 65 divisions attacked along a 60-mile front. The German Air Service launched a major campaign against the Royal Flying Corps but it failed.
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The Germans made major advances using Storm Troops. Paris was hit with long-range artillery. The British 5th Army suffered major losses.
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First signs seen that Germany’s offensive was losing its impetus with the failed attack on Arras.
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Marshal Foch was appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front.
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The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy Air Service combined to form the Royal Air Force (RAF).
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The German Spring Offensive (the ‘Michael Offensive) petered out and the line stabilized.
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Germany started an offensive in Flanders.
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The German fighter ace, Baron Manfred Von Richthofen, the ‘Red Baron’, was killed.
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An Allied attack on the harbours of Zeebruge and Ostend (to block their use as bases for U-boats) took place but was only partially successful.
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The RAF formed a specific strategic bombing force.
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A British squadron landed at Murmansk
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German troops reached the River Marne.
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American forces at Chateau Thierry helped to end the German advance.
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American troops counter-attacked German forces at Belleau Wood.
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Last German troops forced out of Belleau Wood by the Americans.
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Flying ace James McCudden killed in a flying accident.
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Last major German offensive of the war when 52 divisions attacked in the Marne-Reims Offensive.
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Second Battle of the Marne started, which saw the collapse of the German army on the Western Front.
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Flying ace Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock was killed in action.
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British forces took Archangelsk in northern Russia.
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French forces occupied Soissons.
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Germany completed her withdrawal from the Marne salient.
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The Allies continued their advance against the Germans. The RAF dropped 1,563 bombs and fired 122,150 rounds of ammunition in support of ground forces. This day is known as the “Black Day of the German Army”.
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A British offensive in Flanders began. A French offensive captured Aisne Heights.
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The British renewed their offensive on the Somme.