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This month in World War I

German gains on the Western Front in early 1918
The Paris Gun
By TomStar81
Theaters
Western Eastern Italian
Caucasian Middle Eastern Balkan
African Naval Air
Politics Asian and Pacific Gallipoli
Dates Events
February 18 – March 3 Operation Faustschlag, last offensive on Eastern Front.
March 2 Germans capture Kiev. Details
March 3 At Brest-Litovsk, Leon Trotsky signs the peace treaty with Germany. Details
March 4 First known case of what will later be called Spanish Flu: Private Albert Gitchell at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas.
March 7 German artillery bombard the Americans at Rouge Bouquet. Details
March 8–12 Battle of Tell 'Asur.
March 8–13 Battle of Bakhmach.
March 11 Over 100 sick from Spanish Flu in Fort Riley; first known case outside in Queens, New York.
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. Details
March 21–23 The Battle of St. Quentin, first phase of Operation Michael and of the Spring Offensive. Details
March 21 – April 2 First Transjordan attack on Amman.
March 23 – August 7 Artillery bombardment of Paris. Details
March 24–25 First Battle of Bapaume, a phase of Operation Michael. Details
March 25 First Battle of Noyon, a phase of Operation Michael. Details
March 26 French Marshal Ferdinand Foch is appointed Supreme Commander of all Allied forces. Details
March 26–27 Battle of Rosieres, a phase of Operation Michael. Details
Action of Khan Baghdadi.
March 25 Penza Agreement: The Czechoslovak Legion is given free passage to Vladivostok to join the Entente in return for surrendering most weapons to the Bolsheviks.
March 27–31 First Battle of Amman, a phase Of The First Transjordan Attack.
March 28 Third Battle of Arras (also known as First Battle of Arras (1918)), a phase of Operation Michael. Details
March 30 – April 5 First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, a phase of Operation Michael.