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Western Front Timeline, 1915-1918

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1915
December
15	Haig replaces Lord French as Commander-in-Chief of British Forces on the Western Front (battlefront running in a single line of trenches from the Belgian coast to the Swiss frontier).
20	Allied troops withdraw from the Dardanelles.
1916
March
2	Conscription introduced in Britain.
June
24	Battle of Verdun opens.
July
1	Battle of the Somme opens.
December
7	Asquith replaced by Lloyd George as Prime Minister (principal Minister of Government).
1917
March
16	Tsar overthrown by revolution in Russia.
April
6	United States declares war on Germany.
16	Unsuccessful Nivelle offensive opens in the west, led by General Nivelle.
28	Nivelle replaced by Pétain.
May	French army mutinies against any further offensives.
July
17	Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) opens.
November
7	Bolshevik revolution in Russia.
29	Peace talks open between Russia and Germany.
December
9	British troops take Jerusalem from Turks.
1918
January
9	President Wilson publishes his "Fourteen Points" for a peace settlement.
February
18	Sir William Robertson replaced as Chief of Imperial General Staff (responsible for co-ordinating the armed forces of Britain and the Empire) by Sir Henry Wilson.
March
3	Peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed between Germany and Bolshevik Russia, taking Russia out of the war.
21	German German spring offensive in the west (the Kaiser-battle) opens.
26	Foch appointed supreme Allied commander.
April
13	Haig's "Backs to the Wall" message.
August
8	Allies launch counter-offensive.
October
4	German Government requests an armistice.
November
11	Armistice signed.