20th July
- German forces retreat across the Marne . Following a series of German offensives on the Western Front, commencing on 21st March 1918, the German offensive initiative was now declining and the full scale retreat that would ultimately lead to the Armistice on November 11th had begun.
- The last attempt to attack the British Isles with aeroplanes was unsuccessful. There were altogether 59 aeroplane raids against the British Isles during which bombs were dropped. There were also 11 reconnaissance flights over parts of Great Britain or in the vicinity of the coast when no bombs were dropped. The Zeppelin scourge had been replaced by the Gotha bomber in what would become a foretaste of the Blitz twenty years later.
- British defence of Resht (North-West Persia). It was imperative for the British to defend their oil fields in Mesopotamia (Today Iraq) and Persia from the Ottoman Empire.
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