Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/April 2017/World War I timeline
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This month in World War I |
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| Western | Eastern | Italian |
| Caucasian | Middle Eastern | Balkan |
| African | Naval | Air |
| Politics | Asian and Pacific | Gallipoli |
Ottoman machine-gun corps defending Tel esh Sheria, and the Gaza line in 1917
| Dates | Events | |
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| February 23 – April 5 | The Germans withdraw to the Hindenburg Line. | Details |
| March 13 – April 23 | Samarrah Offensive, British capture much of Mesopotamia. | |
| Throughout April | Bloody April. Particularly heavy casualties are suffered by the Royal Flying Corps at the hands of the German Luftstreitkräfte during British air support operations for the Battle of Arras. | Details. |
| April 2–3 | Australians attack Noreuil. | Details. |
| April 6 | The United States declares war on Germany. | Details |
| April 9 – May 17 | Second Battle of Arras. The British attack a heavily fortified German line without gaining any strategic breakthrough. | Details |
| April 9–12 | The Canadians obtain a significant victory in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, part of the first phase of the Second Battle of Arras. | Details |
| April 9–14 | First Battle of the Scarpe, part of the first phase of the Second Battle of Arras. | Details |
| April 10–11 | First Battle of Bullecourt, part of the first phase of the Second Battle of Arras. | Details |
| April 15 | Battle of Lagnicourt, part of the second phase of the Second Battle of Arras. | Details |
| April 16 – May 9 | The Second Battle of the Aisne (a.k.a. Nivelle Offensive) ends in disaster for both the French army and its commander Robert Nivelle. | Details |
| April 17–20 | Battle of the Hills (a.k.a. Third Battle of Champagne), a diversion to the Second Battle of the Aisne. | |
| April 19 | Second Battle of Gaza. The Ottoman lines resist a British attack. | Details |
| April 22 – May 8 | Second Battle of Doiran. | Details |
| April 23–24 | Second Battle of Scarpe, part of the second phase of the Second Battle of Arras. | Details |
| April 28–29 | Battle of Arleux, part of the Second phase of the Second Battle of Arras. | Details |
| April 29 – May 20 | Series of mutinies in the French army. | Details |