Western Front
Germany: Most German Operation Michael artillery now in position, infantry begins night approach marches until March 18.
German infantry marches for Operation Michael to the Western Front:
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Verdun: Big French raids near Cheppy and Malancourt, and counter-raiding by Germany, French take 160 PoWs, Germans 200.
Britain: Haig tells King he can smash any attack. Churchill memo envisages mine-clearing tanks.
British soldiers looking at a bridge over the Avre river at Roye, France, which was destroyed by the retreating Germans: © IWM (Q 9279):
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Daylight air-raid by British on Zweibrucken (Pfalz), dropping 24 bombs. All bombers return safely.
French soldiers looking at a ruined church at Flirey near the frontlines: © IWM (Q 78983):
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Portuguese soldiers in their trenches at Festubert, France: © IWM (Q 10752):
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Eastern Front
Finish Civil War: The
Battle of Länkipohja phase of the
Battle of Tampere concludes with a with victory. The battle is known for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Arabia: Arabs disperse Turk camel corps northwest of Medina. Hejaz Railway near Bowat damaged, train derailed (March 19-20).
Persia: Hamadan (West Persia) evacuated by the Russian regular forces (see March 2nd, 1917).
Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: Vienna police report ‘
… great and rather widespread resentment against Germany’.