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February 18 – March 3
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Operation Faustschlag, last offensive on Eastern Front.
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March 2
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Germans capture Kiev.
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March 3
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At Brest-Litovsk, Leon Trotsky signs the peace treaty with Germany.
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March 4
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First known case of what will later be called Spanish Flu: Private Albert Gitchell at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas.
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March 7
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German artillery bombard the Americans at Rouge Bouquet.
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March 8–12
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Battle of Tell 'Asur.
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March 8–13
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Battle of Bakhmach.
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March 11
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Over 100 sick from Spanish Flu in Fort Riley; first known case outside in Queens, New York.
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March 21 – April 5
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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
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The Battle of St. Quentin, first phase of Operation Michael and of the Spring Offensive.
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March 21 – April 2
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First Transjordan attack on Amman.
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March 23 – August 7
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Artillery bombardment of Paris.
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March 24–25
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First Battle of Bapaume, a phase of Operation Michael.
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March 25
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First Battle of Noyon, a phase of Operation Michael.
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March 26
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French Marshal Ferdinand Foch is appointed Supreme Commander of all Allied forces.
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March 26–27
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Battle of Rosieres, a phase of Operation Michael.
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Action of Khan Baghdadi.
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March 25
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Penza Agreement: The Czechoslovak Legion is given free passage to Vladivostok to join the Entente in return for surrendering most weapons to the Bolsheviks.
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March 27–31
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First Battle of Amman, a phase Of The First Transjordan Attack.
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March 28
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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
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First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, a phase of Operation Michael.
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