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This Month is World War I
A map showing the areas affected by the German
Spring Offensive between March and July 1918
British soldiers who had been blinded by gas on 10 April 1918, during the
Battle of the Lys
By
TomStar81
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Events
February to September
Allied forces occupy the
Jordan Rift Valley .
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March 21 – April 5
First phase of the
Spring Offensive , Operation Michael (also known as Second Battle of the Somme). The Germans obtain a Pyrrhic victory.
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March 21 – April 2
First Transjordan attack on Amman .
March 23 – August 7
Artillery bombardment of
Paris .
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March 30 – April 5
First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux , a phase of Operation Michael.
April 1
Royal Air Force founded by combining the
Royal Flying Corps and the
Royal Naval Air Service .
April 4–5
Battle of the Avre , final phase of Operation Michael.
April 7–29
Second phase of the Spring Offensive, Operation Georgette (also known as Battle of the Lys). The results are disappointing for the Germans.
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April 7–9
Battle of Estaires, first phase of Operation Georgette.
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April 10–11
Third Battle of Messines, a phase of Operation Georgette.
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April 12–13
Battle of Hazebrouck, a phase of Operation Georgette.
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April 13–15
Battle of Bailleul, a phase of Operation Georgette.
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April 14
Ottokar Czernin resigns as Austria-Hungary's Foreign Minister over the
Sixtus Affair .
April 17–19
First Battle of Kemmelberg, a phase of Operation Georgette.
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April 18
Battle of Bethune, a phase of Operation Georgette.
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April 21
The Red Baron is shot down over
Vaux-sur-Somme .
April 23
Guatemala declares war on Germany.
April 24–27
Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux , a phase of Operation Georgette.
April 25–26
Second Battle of Kemmelberg, a phase of Operation Georgette.
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April 28
Gavrilo Princip dies in
Terezín prison, from
tuberculosis .
April 29
Battle of Scherpenberg, final phase of Operation Georgette.
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April 30 – May 4
Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt .
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