THE GREAT WAR – FEBRUARY 1916
The Western Front
7th Feb British Royal Flying Corps arrive on the Western Front
8th Feb Britain requests Japanese naval assistance
9th Feb Jan Smuts appointed African Supreme Allied command
9th Feb British secure Lake Tanganyika
11th Feb Germany gives permission for U-boats to attack armed merchant ships
14th Feb Britain & France guarantee Belgian liberation and neutrality
15th Feb The Fifth Battle of Isonzo
18th Feb Mora in the Cameroons taken
18th Feb Italian Caproni bombers retaliate against Laibach
21st Feb Germany treats United States merchant ships as cruisers
22nd Feb President Wilson proposes peace conference
23rd Feb Portugal agrees to intern German vessels
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The Caucasus and Middle East
5th Feb Trebizond Campaign begins
7th Feb Russia takes Mus
11th Feb Russian offensive of Erzincan
15th Feb Turkish forces abandon Erzincan
16th Feb Russian army captures Erzincan
26th Feb Russia takes Kermanshah
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Verdun
21st Feb Battle of Verdun begins
25th Feb Fort Douaumont captured by German troops
25th Feb Petain appointed as defender of Verdun
28th Feb End of German initial attack
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