Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/December 2016/World War I timeline
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African | Naval | Air |
Politics | Asian and Pacific | Gallipoli |
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November 25 – December 3 | Battle of Bucharest, a phase of the conquest of Romania. | |
December 1 | Battle of the Arges, a phase of the Battle of Bucharest. | |
December 1 – January 18, 1917 | Allies capture Yanbu. | Details |
December 5–7 | United Kingdom: Prime Minister H. H. Asquith resigns and is succeeded by David Lloyd George. | Details |
December 6 | The Germans occupy Bucharest. The capital of Romania moved to Iaşi. | Details |
December 13 | Robert Nivelle replaces Joseph Joffre as Commander-in-Chief of the French Army. | Details |
December 18 | Battle of Verdun ends with enormous casualties on both sides. | |
December 23 | Battle of Magdhaba in the Sinai peninsula. | Details |
December 23–29 | Christmas Battles. | |
December 27 | Togoland is divided into British and French administrative zones. | Details |
December 29 | Grigori Rasputin, Russia's éminence grise, is assassinated. | Details |
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