Een gedicht van John McCrae in beeld gebracht door leerlingen van het Bonaventuracollege. 4 juni 2021
17 May 1917 - German Tank Trials in Mainz
16 May 1917 - Alexander Kerensky Becomes Russian Minister of War, Soviet Demands Peace
15 May 1917 - Henri-Philippe Pétain Replaces Robert Nivelle as French Commander in Chief
14 May 1917 - Russian Government Authorizes All-Female Combat Unit: The Women’s Battalion of Death.
Pictured - British feminist Emmeline Pankhurst, in civilian clothes, stand next to Maria Bochkareva, at the head of her battalion.
13 May 1917 - Russian Minister of War General Guchkov Resigns in Disgust at Military Situation
12 May 1917 - Tenth Battle of the Isonzo Begins
11 May 1917 - Russian Provisional Government Invites Petrograd Soviet into Coalition
10 May 1917 - John Pershing Given Command of American Expeditionary Force
9 May 1917 - Teddy Roosevelt Demands to be Allowed to Raise a Division and Go to France
8 May 1917 - Allied Offensive at Salonika Frustrated by Dogged Bulgarian Defense
7 May 1917 - Top British Ace Albert Ball is Shot Down and Killed
6 May 1917 - Ludwig von Falkenhausen Becomes Military Governor of Belgium
5 May 1917 - French 21st Division Mutinies, Unrest Spreading in the French Army
4 May 1917 - Australian Cruiser Battles vs. Submarine and Zeppelin.
3 May 1917 - Two British Transports Sunk in the Mediterranean, Six Hundred Men Drown.
2 May 1917 - Allied Losses to Submarines are Highest in the War Thus Far, British Destroyer Derwent Sunk by Mine.
1 May 1917 - Tension in Petrograd: massive may day celebrations in the streets, but provisional government assures allies it remains committed to the war.
30 April 1917 - Mesopotamia: Battle of the Boot, British Capture Samarra, End of 1917 Mesopotamian Campaign.
