Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/May 2017/World War I timeline
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This Month in World War I |
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| Western | Eastern | Italian |
| Caucasian | Middle Eastern | Balkan |
| African | Naval | Air |
| Politics | Asian and Pacific | Gallipoli |
| Dates | Events | |
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| April–October | Stalemate in Southern Palestine. | |
| April 16 – May 9 | The Second Battle of the Aisne (also known as Nivelle Offensive) ends in disaster for both the French Army and its commander Robert Nivelle. | Details |
| April 22 – May 8 | Second Battle of Doiran. | Details |
| April 29 – May 20 | Series of mutinies in the French Army. | Details |
| May 3–4 | Third battle of the Scarpe, part of the second phase of the Second Battle of Arras. | Details |
| May 3–17 | Second Battle of Bullecourt, part of the second phase of the Second Battle of Arras. | Details |
| May 5 | Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes wins an enlarged majority in a federal election with the pro-conscription Nationalist Party. | Details |
| May 5–15 | Allied Spring offensive on the Salonika Front. | Details |
| May 5–9 | Second Battle of the Cerna Bend, a phase of the Allied Spring Offensive. | Details |
| May 12 – June 6 | Tenth Battle of the Isonzo. | Details |
| May 15 | Philippe Pétain replaces Robert Nivelle as Commander-in-Chief of the French Army. | Details |
| May 23 | Battle of Mount Hermada in the Karst. | |
| May 25 | Beginning of the sustained period of Gotha strategic bombing raids on England. | Details |
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