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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot to death in Sarajevo. The political objetive was to break of Austria-Hungary's south-slav provinces -
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World War 1
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Russian's were defeated
Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Musurian lakes. The Russians were thus planning a concentric attack against the Eighth Army but the had already expanded westward. -
First air raid on Britain
Two german zepplins drop bomb's on Great Yarmouth -
Allie begin evacuation in Gallipoli
The Britis Navy successfully evacuates 83,000 survivors by sea. -
Start of the battle of the Summe
Also known as the Somme offensive. took place between July 1st and the 18th of November. One of the biggest battles in World War 1 -
Battle of Caporetto
Also known as the Twlefth Battle of the Isonzo. -
Brittish captured Jerusalem from Turks
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The Treaty of Brest
Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany -
Turkish Forces collapsed at megiddo
Was the climactic battle of the british invasion of Palestine. The battle was subdivided by the British Battles Nomenclature Comittee. -
Germany Signed Armistice
Germany signed and armistice with the allies- the official date of the end of World War 1