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This month in World War I
German gains on the Western Front in early 1918 The Paris Gun By TomStar81
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February 18 – March 3
Operation Faustschlag , last offensive on Eastern Front.
March 2
Germans capture Kiev.
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March 3
At Brest-Litovsk, Leon Trotsky signs the peace treaty with Germany.
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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 .
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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.
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March 21–23
The Battle of St. Quentin, first phase of Operation Michael and of the Spring Offensive.
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March 21 – April 2
First Transjordan attack on Amman .
March 23 – August 7
Artillery bombardment of Paris .
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March 24–25
First Battle of Bapaume, a phase of Operation Michael.
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March 25
First Battle of Noyon, a phase of Operation Michael.
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March 26
French Marshal Ferdinand Foch is appointed Supreme Commander of all Allied forces.
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March 26–27
Battle of Rosieres, a phase of Operation Michael.
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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.
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March 30 – April 5
First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux , a phase of Operation Michael.
