THE GREAT WAR – MARCH 1916

The Western Front

 

1^st March                 Germany extends submarine campaign

5^th March                 Allies advance on Kilimanjaro

6^th March               Britain forms Women’s Land Service Corps

9^th March               Germany declares war on Portugal

12^th March               Allied Military conference

14^th March               Admiral von Tirpitz resigns as Minister of Marine High Command

15^th March               Austria/Hungary declare war on Portugal

21^st March             German forces withdraw from Kilimanjaro

24^th March             British Passenger ferry torpedoed

27^th March              Edward Mellish VC – gallent curate

30^th March             Germans sink Russian hospital ship Portugal

31^st March              German Zeppelin shot down near Thames estuary

31^st March               Pershing (USA) defeats Mexican troops

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Verdun

 

6^th March                 New German offensive on Verdun

31^st March               Germans take the Village of Vaux

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The Eastern Front

18^th March                Russia launches the Lake Naroch offensive

21^st March               Russian secondary attack near Riga

30^th March                Russia calls a halt to the Lake Naroch Offensive

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The Caucasus and the Middle East

18^th March                Russian offensive at Vilna begins

19^th March                Commander of British forces in Egypt replaced

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