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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed on 3 March 1918. The signatories were Soviet Russia signed by Grigori Sokolnikov on the one side and the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire on the other. The treaty marked Russia's final withdrawal from World War I as an enemy of her co-signatories, on severe terms.
March 7 Middle Eastern, Persian: Ottomans retreat to Qotur, pushed by a Russian counteroffensive. March 10 – March 13 Western: Battle of Neuve Chapelle. After an initial success, a British offensive is halted. March 14 Naval: Battle of Más a Tierra. The last remnant of the German East Asia Squadron is sunk and its crew interned in neutral ...
This list of military engagements of World War I covers terrestrial, maritime, and aerial conflicts, including campaigns, operations, defensive positions, and sieges. . Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period o
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Australian Pioneer Battalions were established as engineering units for the Western Front. [47] The McMahon–Hussein Correspondence concluded with an understanding that the United Kingdom would recognize Arab independence in return for Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, launching the Arab Revolt against the ...
Thursday, March 29, 1917 [ edit ] Zimmermann Telegram – Arthur Zimmermann , State Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the German Empire , publicly admitted in the Reichstag (German Parliament) that the telegram was genuine and it was the intention of Germany to propose a military alliance with Mexico against the United States .
A British attack on Bucquoy at the north end of Riegel I Stellung on the night of 13/14 March was a costly failure. German withdrawals on the Ancre spread south, beginning with a retirement from the salient around St Pierre Vaast Wood. On 16 March, the main German withdrawal to the Siegfriedstellung began. [43]
The Central Powers and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ending Operation Faustschlag and Russia's involvement in World War I. [24]Hipólito Yrigoyen retained his seat as President of Argentina after his party, the Radical Civic Union, won majority of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies during the legislative election in Argentina (where voter turnout was 54 percent).
The German spring offensive began on 21 March 1918 with three German armies (about 62 divisions in all) in the assault. British defense lines were pierced in rapid succession. By 26 March Amiens was seriously threatened, and on the following day a gap was created between the French and British armies.