Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/January 2017/World War I timeline
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{{WPMILHIST Newsletter section header 2|This month in World War I}}
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| colspan="3" | Theatres |
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| style="background:plum; width:100px;" | Western
| style="background:darksalmon; width:100px;" | Eastern | style="background:yellowgreen; width:100px;" | Italian |
| style="background:goldenrod;" | Caucasian
| style="background:khaki;" | Middle Eastern | style="background:lightgreen;" | Balkan |
| style="background:pink;" | African
| style="background:cornflowerblue;" | Naval | style="background:lightskyblue;" | Air |
| style="background:lightgrey;" | Politics
| style="background:yellow;" | Asian and Pacific | style="background:red;" | Gallipoli |
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| Dates | Events | |
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| January 3–4 | | ||
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| January 9 | Battle of Rafa. The British drive the Ottomans out of the Sinai. | Details | ||
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| January 11 – March 13 | British raid the Ancre. | Details | ||
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| January 16 | The German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sends a telegram to his ambassador in Mexico, instructing him to propose to the Mexican government an alliance against the United States. | Details |
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