Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/March 2018/World War I timeline
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This month in World War I |
The Paris Gun
- By TomStar81
| Theaters | ||
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| Western | Eastern | Italian |
| Caucasian | Middle Eastern | Balkan |
| African | Naval | Air |
| Politics | Asian and Pacific | Gallipoli |
| Dates | Events | |
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| February 18 – March 3 | Operation Faustschlag, last offensive on Eastern Front. | |
| March 2 | Germans capture Kiev. | Details |
| March 3 | At Brest-Litovsk, Leon Trotsky signs the peace treaty with Germany. | Details |
| March 4 | First known case of what will later be called Spanish Flu: Private Albert Gitchell at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas. | |
| March 7 | German artillery bombard the Americans at Rouge Bouquet. | Details |
| March 8–12 | Battle of Tell 'Asur. | |
| March 8–13 | Battle of Bakhmach. | |
| March 11 | Over 100 sick from Spanish Flu in Fort Riley; first known case outside in Queens, New York. | |
| March 21 – April 5 | First phase of the Spring Offensive, Operation Michael (also known as Second Battle of the Somme). The Germans obtain a Pyrrhic victory. | Details |
| March 21–23 | The Battle of St. Quentin, first phase of Operation Michael and of the Spring Offensive. | Details |
| March 21 – April 2 | First Transjordan attack on Amman. | |
| March 23 – August 7 | Artillery bombardment of Paris. | Details |
| March 24–25 | First Battle of Bapaume, a phase of Operation Michael. | Details |
| March 25 | First Battle of Noyon, a phase of Operation Michael. | Details |
| March 26 | French Marshal Ferdinand Foch is appointed Supreme Commander of all Allied forces. | Details |
| March 26–27 | Battle of Rosieres, a phase of Operation Michael. | Details |
| Action of Khan Baghdadi. | ||
| March 25 | Penza Agreement: The Czechoslovak Legion is given free passage to Vladivostok to join the Entente in return for surrendering most weapons to the Bolsheviks. | |
| March 27–31 | First Battle of Amman, a phase Of The First Transjordan Attack. | |
| March 28 | Third Battle of Arras (also known as First Battle of Arras (1918)), a phase of Operation Michael. | Details |
| March 30 – April 5 | First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, a phase of Operation Michael. |