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| 1917 April 12 |
| | Canadian troops take Vimy Ridge, subsequently the site of Canada's most important war memorial | |
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| 1917 June |
| | The Allies frustrate the German U-boats by introducing the convoy system | |
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| 1917 June |
| | A Russian summer offensive against the Germans results in massive loss of life and territory | |
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| 1917 July 6 |
| | T.E. Lawrence and an Arab force surprise the Turkish garrison at Aqaba and win an overwhelming victory | |
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| 1917 July 17 |
| | An armed uprising in Petrograd disperses after Lenin declines to give support | |
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| 1917 July |
| | Trotsky is imprisoned and Lenin flees to Finland as Russia's Provisional Government cracks down on the Bolsheviks | |
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| 1917 July 21 |
| | Prince Lvov steps down as head of the Provisional Government in Russia and is replaced by Alexander Kerensky | |
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| 1917 July 31 |
| | Haig sends British troops over the top in the third battle of Ypres | |
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| 1917 August |
| | Kerensky dismisses Kornilov as commander-in-chief, antagonizing the right wing in Russia | |
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| 1917 September |
| | Russian opinion polarizes, with support growing for left-wing Bolsheviks and right-wing Kadets | |
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