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Reservations among the British High Command continue as to whether the Americans will be able to muster a force with any fighting ability, should the US enter the war.

The Sinai campaign continues, with Bir el Hassana surrendering February 18 to British forces. The last Ottoman garrison are retreating from the peninsula.

To the West, Operation Alberich continues, with German forces completely obliterating all land they are ceding to the Allies in an horrific scorched earth strategy.