Principal events in third year of the war
A condensed timeline of World War I events from Aug 1916 through July 1917, listing battles, shifts in fronts, territorial changes, and key actions. Highlights include Verdun, Somme advances, Romani, Doiran, Dobruja, Romania’s entry and later actions, U-boat activity, political changes in Russia and Britain, and early U.S. war moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peutschland
Baltimore
Somme
Stokhod River
Kovel
Fieury
Verdun
Roger Casement
London
Thiaumont
Romani
Suez Canal
Sereth
Graberka
Gorizia
Letchitzky
Stanislau
Doiran
Balkan
Somme River
Balkans
Saloniki
Bremen
Mush
Armenia
Kaiser
von Hindenburg
von Falkenhayn
Danube
Rustchuk
Bulgaria
Transylvania
Hermannstadt
Orsova
Austria
Dobrudja
Teutons
Turtukal
Silistria
Struma River
Florina
Macedonia
England
Venizelos
Athens
Constantine
Combles
Thiepval
Mackensen
Cerna River
Monastir
Newport
R. 1
Narragansett
Greece
France
Carso Drive
Conatanza
Roumanian
Narayuvka River
Germany
United States
Washington
Holland
Kut-el-Amara
Mesopotamia
New York
Falmouth
Ancre
Ireland
Congress
Katel
Amara
Mexico
Japan
Wilson
Tokyo
House
Hamadan
Persia
Senate
Berlin
Bagdad
Petrograd
China
Czar
Grand Duke
Michael
Russia
Dumain
West Front
Memphis
Illinois
Healdton
Northsea
Navy
Cuba
Austria-Hungary
Vimy Ridge
Vimy
Brazil
Herbert C. Hoover
Hindenburg Line
Ladies Board
Champagne
Donegal
Lanfranc
Mongolia
English
Balfour Commission
Great Britain
Britain
Balfour
Most Important Events in the Great War 1914 1917
A compact chronology of World War I events from 1914 to 1917 noting assassinations, declarations of war, major battles, territorial advances, naval actions, political shifts, and early American war steps. Includes Archduke assassination, Verdun, Gallipoli, Jutland, and U.S. entry references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archduke Ferdinand
Austria
Sarajavo
Bosnia
Princip
Serbia
Germany
Russia
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Mons-Charleroi
Japan
Louvain
Tannenburg
Prussia
Antwerp
Ypres
Turkey
Admiral Cradlock
Chill
de Wet
Falkland Islands
North Sea
Bluecher
East Prussia
Praemysl
Galicia
Dardanelles
Russa
Lusitania
Italy
Teutons
Przemysl
Warsaw
United States
Caar
Grand Duke Nicholas
Gallipoli
Erzerum
Verdun
Trebizond
Trish
Dublin
Kut-el- Amara
Mesopotamia
Jutland
Lord Kitchener
Hampshire
Scotland
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Mecca
New Kingdom
Baltimore
Brody
Gorizia
Stanislau
Roumania
Transylvania
Bucharest
Wilson
Moewe
South Atlantic
Congress
Kutel-Amara
Mexico
Bagdad
Czar
West Front
Cuba
Austria-Hungary
Vimy Ridge
Brazil
Aisne River
Mongolia
Carso
Chang Hsun
Messines
Ridge
London
Pershing
England
Constantine
Greece
Kerensky
Faulst Chang Hsun
Peking
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Georg Michaelis
Lyoff
United States Senate
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Cernavoda
English Channel
New London
Francis Joseph
Charles Francis
Craiova
Turnu-Severin
Alt River
Junction
Alexandria
Beatty
Jellicoe
Lloyd George
Deutschland
Nivelle
Mediterranean
House of Representatives Rules Committee
Wall Street
Sereth River
Riga
Ruies
Entente
Yarrowdale
Laurentie
Gerard
California
Guatemala
Petain
Joffre
United States Army
Lansing
Palestine
Craonne
the Aisne
Dover
Folkestone
Brusiloff
Messines Ridge
General Pershing
Baker
United States Nore
Lord Northcliffe
Alexander
Paris
Elihu Root
Doctor Ivers
Duma
Sims
Red Cross
Lens
Haig
Harwich
Gotha
United States Shipping Board States
Seacoast
Ywer River
Halicz
Galea
Kalusz
West
Bethmann-Hollweg
G. E. Michaelis
Courcy
Reims
Lodziany
Melancourt
Novica
Hurtebise
Michaelis
Vilna
Lvoff
Siam
Ermans
Chemin Des Dames
Goethals
Denman
White
Shipping Board
Capps
E. N. Hurley
Bainbridge Colby
McAdoo
Traitrous
Korniloff
Lenine
Pinsk
Belgrade
Bia