Western Front
Great raiding activity by British.
Germany carries out multiple raids against Allied lines in France as it prepares for its spring offensive.
A British soldier in the ruins of the cathedral of St. Vaas at Arras. © IWM (Q 8704):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...641074842009600
Eastern Front
Brest-Litovsk: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is concluded between Central Powers, Bulgaria and Turkey at Brest-Litovsk and the Soviet Revolutionary Government, ending hostilities between Russia and the Central Powers. Germany becomes free to transfer forces from the Eastern to the Western Fronts and to participate in a major offensive in the West, timed to take place later in the month. Russia renounces Baltic States, Poland, Belorussia, Finland and three Armenian districts to Turkey; 630,000 Austrian PoWs to come home.
Signature of the peace treaty of Best-Litovsk:
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Estonia: German Eighth Army occupies Narva (c.85 miles west of Petrograd) after routing 1,600 Red Guards and sailors, have captured 17,000 Russians and 1500 guns for 109 casualties since February 18. Max Hoffmann orders advance to halt except in the Ukraine.
Ukraine: (Listed for yesterday): German troops enter the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev, one day after the Bolshevik forces were driven out by the Ukrainians:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...625991529328640
Finish Civil War: Red Guard offensive fixed for March 9.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Russia: Central Powers’ Diktat at Brest-Litovsk strips Russia of all Baltic naval bases except Kronstadt; also Odessa and Nikolayev stipulates disarmament and detention of Russian warships in these ports pending general peace.
North Sea: First mine of Northern Barrage laid in Area B up to 50 miles from Orkney.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: British advance continued, reaching maximum of 3,000 yards.
Persia: Meshed occupied by troops of British East Persia Cordon. [Approximate date.]
Political, etc
Germany: Reinhard Goering’s play Seeschlacht (Sea Battle) opens at Berlin. Kaiser orders flags in every city and day off school to celebrate peace with Russia.
A war paintings exhibition in Munich, Germany, with the portrait of Emperor Charles I of Austria-Hungary in the foreground: © IWM (Q 112585):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...927928195829760
Southern Russia: Terek Cossack Soviet Republic declared.
Turkey: Muslims of Samsun massacre all Armenians. (note: I think this is a mistake; while the persecutions of Armenians did amount to genocide, there were also programs/repressions/massacres/genocides of other ethnic groups. Notably, Samsun, prior to the First World War, had a large minority population of Greeks, and there are several references to the Greek population being massacred/deported in 1916/1917.)
Sweden: German Government notify Swedish Government of occupation of the Aaland Islands (see 2nd).