Timeline of World War 1 from 27 Jan 1916
Key events of the First World War, 1914-1918, starting when Conscription introduced in Britain
27 Jan 1916:
Conscription introduced in Britain
Conscription during the First World War began when the British government passed the Military Servic...
21 Feb 1916:
Start of the Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916, was one of the largest and longest...
29 Apr 1916:
British forces surrender to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia
Between January–March 1916, both Townshend and Aylmer launched several attacks in an attempt to lift...
31 May 1916:
Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admira...
4 Jun 1916:
Start of the Brusilov Offensive
The Brusilov Offensive, also known as the "June Advance", of June to September 1916 was the Russian ...
1 Jul 1916:
Start of the Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War foug...
10 Aug 1916:
End of the Brusilov Offensive
The Brusilov Offensive, also known as the "June Advance",of June to September 1916 was the Russian E...
15 Sep 1916:
First use en masse of tanks at the Somme
British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by Great Britain d...
7 Dec 1916:
Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister
As Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908–1915), Lloyd George was a key figure in the introduction of man...
1 Feb 1917:
Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign starts
On 9 January 1917, the Kaiser met with Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg and military leaders at Schloss P...
6 Apr 1917:
USA declares war on Germany
Although the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, it did not initially declare wa...
16 Apr 1917:
France launches an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front
31 Jul 1917:
Start of the Third Battle at Ypres
The Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres, Flandernschlacht and Deuxième Bataille des Fland...
24 Oct 1917:
Battle of Caporetto - the Italian Army is heavily defeated
The Battle of Caporetto in 1917 (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Kobar...
6 Nov 1917:
Britain launches a major offensive on the Western Front
On 11 September the 23rd Division commander Major-General J. M. Babington, pointed out to the X Corp...
20 Nov 1917:
British tanks win a victory at Cambrai
The Battle of Cambrai (called the Battle of Cambrai, 1917 by the Battlefield Nomenclature Committee;...
9 Dec 1917:
Britain captures Jerusalem from the Turks
15 Dec 1917:
Armistice between Germany and Russia signed
3 Mar 1918:
The peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between Russia and Germany
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between the new Bolshevik gove...
21 Mar 1918:
Germany breaks through on the Somme
Operation Michael was a major German military offensive during the First World War that began the Sp...
29 Mar 1918:
Marshall Foch is appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front
Operation Michael, the first of the German Spring Offensives, very nearly succeeded in driving the A...
9 Apr 1918:
Germany starts an offensive in Flanders
The Battle of the Lys (7–29 April 1918), also known as the Lys Offensive, the Fourth Battle of Ypres...
15 Jul 1918:
Second Battle of the Marne begins
The Second Battle of the Marne (15 July – 6 August 1918) was the last major German offensive on the ...
19 Sep 1918:
Turkish forces collapse at Megiddo
The Battle of Megiddo was fought between 19 and 25 September 1918, on the Plain of Sharon, in front ...
3 Oct 1918:
Germany asks the Allies for an armistice
On 3 October, the liberal Prince Maximilian of Baden was appointed Chancellor of Germany (prime mini...
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Timeline of World War 1 from 27 Jan 1916
Key events of the First World War, 1914-1918, starting when Conscription introduced in Britain