The Great War- June 1917

Western Front

7^th to 14^th June            Battle of Messines

25^th June                       First American troops land in France

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Various Campaigns

9^th June                         Victor Richardson, friend of Vera Brittain, dies of wounds

10^th to 25^th June           Battle of Ortigara

13^th June                        First successful heavy bomber raid on London

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The Eastern Front

21^st June                       Kerensky Replaces Lvov as Minister-President of Russian Government

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The Balkans

Early June                       Flora Sandes rejoins her Serbian regiment after being wounded

12^th June                       Greece: King Constantine I abdicates

30^th June                        Greece declares war on the Central powers

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