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1917 Timeline ______________________________________

Date Event
February 3rd The US grain ship “Housatonic” was sunk by a U-boat and Wilson severed diplomatic ties with Germany
April 6th America declared war on Germany
November 6th Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front and captured Passchendaele. Lenin took power in Russia with the Bolsheviks in charge of Moscow and Petrograd but not much else
December 5th An armistice was signed between Germany and Russia



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2nd battle of Passchendaele September/October 1917