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 Addison, Christopher
 Aitken, William Maxwell
 Albrecht of Wurtemberg
 Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich
 Allenby, Henry Hynman
 Asquith, Henry Herbert
 Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal
 Averescu, Alexandru
 Baldwin, Stanley
 Balfour, Arthur James
 Beatty, David
 Bernstein, Eduard
 Beseler, Hans von
 Blomberg, Werner von
 Boselli, Paolo
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 Buber, Martin
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 Bukharin, Nikolai
 Byng
 Cadorna
 Carden, Sackville Hamilton
 Carson, Edward
 Casement, Roger
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 Chang, Tsolin
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   44th Squadron Harris   Harris, Arthur Travers
     Appointed Member of 44 Squadron in France  , saw the futility of trench warfare which shaped his views on bombing
   Alliance   Czernin, Ottokar
   Aug   Romania   joins the Entente Powers against Germany   & Austria  -Hungary
   Alliance   Ferdinand I
  17th Aug   Romania   signs a militaryAlliance with the Allies
  27th Aug   Romania   joins the Allies
   All India Home Rule League   Tilak, Bal Gangadhar
     The League creates considerable excitement at the time, and attracts many members of the India  n National Congressand the All India   Muslim League, who had been allied since the 1916 Lucknow Pact
     Tilak helps found the All India   Home Rule League in 1916-18 with Annie Besant and Muhammad Ali Jinnah
   All India Home Rule League   Jinnah, Mohammed Ali
     Jinnah plays an important role in the founding of the All India   Home Rule League
   Arrest   Rakovsky, Khristian Georgiyevich
     Arrested in Romania   for subversion, 1916-17
   Arrest   Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
   Ingolstadt   Imprisoned by the Germans at Ingolstadt, Bavaria
   Arrest   Casement, Roger
  24th April Dublin   Returns to Ireland with a brigade of German   POWs in a German   submarine
   Arrest   Valera, Eamon de
   Dublin   Arrested for treason, 1916-1917
   Dublin   Spared the death penalty because of his USA  citizenship & receives a life sentence
   Assassination   Sturgkh, Karl von
  21st Oct   Assassination of Karl von Sturgkh
   Assassination   Rasputin, Grigor
  30th Dec   Assassination of Grigor Rasputin
   Battle of Argesul   Falkenhayn, Eric von
  30th Nov River Argesul   Attacks the Romania  ns at the River Argesul who launch an operation to defend Bucharest
  30th Nov River Argesul   German   & Austria  n victory which leads to thecapture of Bucharest
   Battle of Argesul   Mackensen, August von
  30th Nov River Argesul   Attacks the Romania  ns at the River Argesul who launch an operation to defend Bucharest
  30th Nov River Argesul   German   & Austria  n victory which leads to thecapture of Bucharest
   Battle of Cambrai   Byng
  16th Sep Cambrai   Haig reinforces Byng's command with the entire Tank Corps
   Battle of Cambrai   Elles, Hugh
  20th Nov Cambrai   Leads 380 tanks in the 1st large scale mobilization of the tank
   Battle of Carso, 1st   Cadorna
   Sep Carso   Gains ground before being stopped by a the Austria  n artillery & bad weather
   Battle of Carso, 2nd   Cadorna
   Oct Carso   Resumes his attack & gains some ground but is stopped by bad winter weather
   Battle of Dardanelles   Carden, Sackville Hamilton
  19th Feb Dardanelles   Involved in the successful bomardment of the outer-Dardanelles
  16th Mar Dardanelles   Forced to hand over his command to John de Robeck, due to ill health
   Battle of Flamanda   Averescu, Alexandru
   Sep Flamanda   Commands the Army Unit South against the combined Bulgaria n & Turkish forces across the Danube at Flamanda, he is defeated
   Sep Flamanda   Leads a failed attack across the River Danube
   Battle of Hermannstadt   Falkenhayn, Eric von
  27th Sep Hermannstadt   The German   9th Army pushes back the Romania  n forces during the Romania  n Campaign
   Battle of Jutland   Hipper, Franz von
  31st May Jutland   Germans have 16 Dreadnoughts, 6 pre-Dreadnoughts, 11 light cruisers & 72 destroyers
  31st May Jutland   Hipper & Beatty's destroyers see each other & the Germans entice the British   fleet
  31st May Jutland   Leads 5 cruisers along the Jutland Peninsula to break the British   North Sea blockade
   Battle of Jutland   Scheer, Reinhard
  31st May Jutland   Follows von Hipper with the German   Fleet of 99 ships along the Jutland Peninsula
  31st May Jutland   Intends to entice British   battle-cruisers offf the Norwegian coast & destroy them
  1st June Jutland   Both sides lose 6 ships but the British   lose greater tonnage
  1st June Jutland   Scheer is outgunned by Jellicoe's fleet & turns away under cover of smokescreens
  1st June Jutland   The German   Fleet retrurns to port & does not break out again during the war
  1st June Jutland   The Germans claim a victory because they have sunk more ships than they have lost
   Battle of Jutland   Beatty, David