Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/August 2016/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 |
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| July 23 – August 7 | Battle of Pozières (Initial phase of the Battle of the Somme). | Details |
| July 24 – August 8 | Battle of Kowel. | |
| August 3–5 | Battle of Romani. Ottoman attack on the British in the Sinai peninsula fails. | Details |
| August 6–17 | Sixth Battle of the Isonzo. The Italians capture Gorizia (August 9). | Details |
| August 6 | Battle of Doberdo, part of the Sixth Battle of Isonzo. | |
| August 9–18 | First battle of Doiran. | Details |
| August 24 | Battle of Mlali. | |
| August 27 | Romania enters the war on the Entente's side. Her army is defeated in a few weeks. | |
| August 27 – December | Conquest of Romania by Central Powers. | Details |
| August 27 – November 26 | Battle of Transylvania, a phase of the conquest of Romania. | |
| August 28 | Italy declares war on Germany. | |
| August 29 | Paul von Hindenburg replaces Erich von Falkenhayn as German Chief of Staff. | Details |
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