The Horrors of War Timeline (1916-1917)

1916

January 27th
Recruiting is introduced to Britian
February 21st
Beginning of the Battle of Verdun
April 29th
British troops surrender to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia
May 31st
Beginning of Battle of Jutland
June 4th
Start of the Brusliv Offensive
July 1st
Start of the Battle of Somme
August 10th
End of the Drusilov Offensive
September 15th
At Somme, first mass use of tanks
December 7th
Lloyd George becomes the British Prime Minister
1917
February 1st
Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started
April 6th
US joins the war and declares war on Germany
April 16th
France unsuccessfully attacked the Western Front
July 31st
Start the Third Battle at Ypres
October 24th
Italian Army defeated at the Battle of Caporetto
November 6th
British launched troops on the Western Front
November 20th
British won at Cambrai
December 5th
Armistice between Germany and Russia signed
December 9th
Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks