<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" id="mwnA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First World War">First World War</a>: On the third day of the German <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Michael" id="mwnQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Michael">Spring Offensive</a>, the 10th Battalion of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_West_Kent_Regiment" id="mwng" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal West Kent Regiment">Royal West Kent Regiment</a> is annihilated with many of the men becoming <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_war" id="mwnw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prisoners of war">prisoners of war</a>