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Old 02-25-2018, 12:41 PM
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25 February 1918

Western Front
American troops in France going to the Western Front: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...796358638899200

Eastern Front
Pernau, Reval, and Pskov taken by German forces (see 18th).
Peace negotiations begun at Bukharest (see 6th, and March 5th).
German soldiers take an abandoned Russian armored car: https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...wagen.jpg?ssl=1
Ukraine: Germans reach Zhitomir, temporary capital of Ukraine Republic.
Finish Civil War: Carl Mannerheim has 14,000 troops as 20,000 Reds attack towards Haapamaki and in Karelia (2000 Whites there).

Southern Front
Italy
: Austro-Hungarians bomb Venice, Castelfranco and Mestre, resulting in 5 deaths and 12 injuries.

Naval and Overseas Operations
Baltic
: Russians scuttle 11 submarines at Reval to avoid capture, cruiser Admiral Makarov last ship to leave after German cyclists ride in. Red evacuation (5 cruisers, 8 submarines, 12 minesweepers and 31 auxiliaries take 4,000 refugees) despite thick ice.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Persia
: Kirmanshah occupied by British forces (see March 11th, 1917).
Palestine: Otto von Liman replaces Erich von Falkenhayn as Turk C-in-C.

Political, etc
United Kingdom
: British Government inform M. Tonisson that they are prepared provisionally to recognise the independence of Estonia until the future status of Estonia is settled by the Peace Congress (see January 13th and November 11th).
Meat (2 oz per adult per week) bacon and ham (4 oz per head per week), butter and margarine (5 or 6 oz per head per week) rationing for London and Home Counties affects 10 million people, German PoWs including from February 26; queues vanish.
Poland: Military Convention signed at Bobruisk between Germany and Poland.
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