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| 1 | 1917 | - 1917—1917:
Battle of Cambrai - first use of massed tanks, but effect more psychological than actual
- 1917—1917:
Ministry of Labour is established in Britain
- Feb 1917—Feb 1917:
February revolution in Russia; Tsar Nicholas abdicates
- 16 Apr 1917—16 Apr 1917:
Lenin returns to Russia after exile
- 17 Apr 1917—17 Apr 1917:
USA declares war on Germany
- 26 May 1917—26 May 1917:
George V changes surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor (Royal
proclamation on 17 July)
- Jul 1917—Jul 1917:
Battle of Passchendaele - little gained by either side (Jul-Nov)
- 7 Nov 1917—7 Nov 1917:
'October' Revolution in Russia - Bolsheviks overthrow provisional government;
Lenin becomes Chief Commissar
- 6 Dec 1917—6 Dec 1917:
Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion, one of the world's largest artificial non-nuclear
explosions to date: a ship loaded with wartime explosives blew up after a collision,
obliterating buildings and structures within two square kilometres of the explosion
- 9 Dec 1917—9 Dec 1917:
British forces capture Jerusalem
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| 2 | 1918 | - 1918—1918:
Vote for women over 30, men over 21 (except peers, lunatics and felons)
- 1918—1918:
War of Independence in Ireland
- 1918—1918:
SA - Influenza epidemic with pneumonia.
- 18 Jan 1918—18 Jan 1918:
Bentley Motors founded
- 8 Mar 1918—8 Mar 1918:
Start of world-wide 'flu pandemic
- Jul 1918—Jul 1918:
Second Battle of the Marne: last major German offensive in WW1 (Jul-Aug)
- 1 Oct 1918—1 Oct 1918:
Arab forces under Lawrence of Arabia capture Damascus
- 11 Nov 1918—11 Nov 1918:
Armistice signed
- Dec 1918—Dec 1918:
First woman elected to House of Commons, Countess Markiewicz as a Sinn Fein
member refused to take her seat
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