1917 Battles of World War I

World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history.

1917 January

Battle of Khadairi Bend (9 January 1917)

1917 February

Battle of Nahr-al Kalek Bend (26 February 1917)

1917 March

Capture of Baghdad (11 March 1917)
Samarrah Offensive (13 March 1917): After Baghdad fell to the British on March 11, 1917, there were still 10,000 Ottoman troops north of the city, led by Khalil Pasha, who could represent a threat to Anglo-Indian forces.
Seizure of Falluja (19 March 1917)
Battle of Mount Hamrin (25 March 1917): The Battle of Mount Hamrin was an unsuccessful British effort to cut off part of the Ottoman Sixth Army after the capture of Baghdad during the Mesopotamia campaign during the First World War.
First Battle of Gaza (26 March 1917): Fighting took place in and around the town of Gaza on the Mediterranean coast when infantry and mounted infantry from the Desert Column, a component of the Eastern Force, attacked the town.

1917 April

Second Battle of Arras (9 April 1917): The British achieved the longest advance since trench warfare had begun, surpassing the record set by the French Sixth Army on 1 July 1916.
First Battle of Bullecourt (11 April 1917)
Battle of Doiran (22 April 1917): During the Second conference of the Military Counsel of the Entente in Chantilly, it was decided to continue with the attempts at a breakthrough.

1917 May

Second Battle of Bullecourt (3 May 1917)
Tenth Battle of the Isonzo (12 May 1917): Casualties suffered to date were tremendous and with each renewed battle tended to be higher on the Italian attackers side.
Battle of the Strait of Otranto (14 May 1917): The Otranto Barrage was a fixed barrier, composed of lightly armed drifters with anti-submarine nets coupled with minefields and supported by Allied naval patrols.

1917 June

Battle of Messines (7 June 1917): The Nivelle Offensive in April and May had failed to achieve its more ambitious aims, had led to the demoralisation of French troops and dislocated the Anglo-French strategy for 1917.

1917 July

Battle of Passchendaele (31 July 1917): Also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire.

1917 August

Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo (19 August 1917): The Italians crossed the river at several points on temporary bridges, but the main effort was exerted on the Banjšice Plateau, whose capture was to further the offensive and break the Austro-Hungarian lines in two segments.
Battle of Liege (20 August 1917)

1917 September

Battle of Ramadi (28 September 1917): The town's strategic position on the road between Aleppo and Baghdad made it a key British target during the Mesopotamian campaign, but the hostile climatic conditions meant that it took two attacks over the course of three months for the town to fall.

1917 October

Battle of Caporetto (24 October 1917): Austro-Hungarian forces, reinforced by German units, were able to break into the Italian front line and rout the Italian forces opposing them.
Third Battle of Gaza (31 October 1917): Despite having held this line since March 1917, the Ottoman Army was forced to evacuate Gaza and Tel el Khuweilfe during the night of 6/7 November.
Battle of Beersheba (31 October 1917)

1917 November

Capture of Tikrit (5 November 1917)
Battle of Mughar Ridge (13 November 1917): Strong Ottoman Army positions from Gaza to the foothills of the Judean Hills had successfully held out against British Empire forces for a week after the Ottoman army was defeated at Beersheba.
Battle of Cambrai (20 November 1917): A British attack followed by the biggest German counter-attack against the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) since 1914, in the First World War.

1917 December

Fall of Jerusalem (8 December 1917)

HISTORY

A world war is a war involving many or most of the world's most powerful and populous countries. World wars span multiple countries on multiple continents, with battles fought in multiple theatres. The term is applied to the two major international conflicts that occurred during the twentieth century: the First and the Second World War.