Table of Data Points
1917-06-07 | 1917-06-14 | Messines | It began on 7 June 1917 when the British Second Army under the command of General Herbert Plumer launched an offensive near the village of Mesen (Messines) in West Flanders, Belgium | Read about 'Messines' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Messines' | |
1917-05-14 | 1917-05-15 | The Strait of Otranto | This battle was the largest surface action in the Adriatic Sea during World War The Otranto Barrage was a fixed barrier, composed of lightly-armed drifters with anti-submarine nets coupled with minefields and supporte... | Read about 'The Strait of Otranto' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'The Strait of Otranto' | |
1917-05-04 | Action of 4 May 1917 | The action took place between the German Zeppelin LZ92 and the Australian light cruiser, HMAS Sydney. | Read about 'Action of 4 May 1917' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Action of 4 May 1917' | ||
1917-04-22 | 1917-05-08 | Doiran (1917) | The task for the Entente forces on the Macedonian Front was to inflict major defeats on the Bulgarian army and effect a wide breakthrough in the Balkans in a relatively short time | Read about 'Doiran (1917)' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Doiran (1917)' | |
1917-04-20 | 1917-04-21 | Dover Strait (1917) | Royal Navy destroyers defeated a superior force of torpedo boats (the British had lost one destroyer, a transport, and several drifters while the Germans themselves suffered only minor damage to a single torpedo boat | Read about 'Dover Strait (1917)' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Dover Strait (1917)' | |
1917-04-19 | Second Gaza | The First Battle of Gaza of 26 March 1917 was a fiasco for the Allies after the commander, General Charles Dobell, made the decision to withdraw when his troops were in a position to seize victory | Read about 'Second Gaza' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Second Gaza' | ||
1917-04-17 | 1917-04-20 | The Hills | The battle takes place east of Rheims, between Prunay and Auberive, in the province of Champagne, along the solid mass of Moronvilliers which includes seven mountains: Mont Cornillet (206 m), Mont-Blond (211 m), Mont-Haut (257 m), Mont Perthuis (232 m... | Read about 'The Hills' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'The Hills' | |
1917-04-16 | 1917-05-09 | Second the Aisne | Robert Nivelle, Commander-in-Chief of the French army, initiated the plan in December 1916 after he replaced Joseph Joffre, who had been disgraced by a series of strategic defeats | Read about 'Second the Aisne' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Second the Aisne' | |
1917-04-09 | 1917-04-12 | Vimy Ridge | The main combatants were the Canadian Corps against three divisions of the German Sixth Army | Read about 'Vimy Ridge' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Vimy Ridge' | |
1917-04-09 | 1917-05-16 | Arras (1917) | From 9 April to 16 May 1917, British, Canadian, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and Australian troops attacked German trenches near the French city of Arras on the Western Front | Read about 'Arras (1917)' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Arras (1917)' |
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