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Your military history newsletter – Issue CXXXI, March 2017 Front page • Project news • Article news • Book reviews • Op-ed • World War I timeline

This Month in World War I

A protest in St. Petersburg during the February Revolution

British forces entering Baghdad on 11 March 1917

Theatres
Western	Eastern	Italian
Caucasian	Middle Eastern	Balkan
African	Naval	Air
Politics	Asian and Pacific	Gallipoli

Dates	Events
January 11 – March 13	British raid the Ancre.	Details
February 23 – April 5	The Germans withdraw to the Hindenburg Line.	Details
March 1	Arz von Straussenberg replaces Conrad von Hötzendorf as Austro-Hungarian Chief of Staff.	Details
March 8–11	The British capture Baghdad.	Details
March 13 – April 23	Samarrah Offensive, British capture much of Mesopotamia.
March 15	Russia: Czar Nicholas II abdicates. A provisional government is appointed.	Details
March 16	Germany: High altitude (over 17,000 feet) Zeppelins raids on England commence but are ineffective.
March 17	Aristide Briand resigns as Prime Minister of France; he is replaced by Alexandre Ribot.
March 26	First Battle of Gaza. The British attempt to capture the city fails.	Details
April–October	Stalemate in Southern Palestine.

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