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Assasination
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austro-Hungarian empire, in Sarajevo, Bosnia -
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Outbreak of war - Germany declares war on Russia -
Germany declares war on France
Brittian declares war on germany the next day -
Battle of tennenburg
which Russia loses; Germany's greatest success of the war on Eastern Front -
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September 15 - November 24 The "race to the sea", trenches appear on September 15
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Turkey enters the war on the side of the Central Powers
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Allied offensive in Artois and Champagne
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First Zepplin attack on England
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Ausro-Hungarian attack on Russian Poland collapses, with russians counterattacking
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Ignoring treaty agreements with the Central Powers, Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
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Germans capture Warsaw
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German attack on Verdun in the longest battle of the war, ultimately defended by the French at great cost to both sides
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Lustania is sunk
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Battle of Jutland, the biggest naval battle in history, ultimately without a clear victor
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Start of the Battle of the Somme, with the greatest number of casualties in British military history, 60,000
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US marines land in Haiti
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Romania enters war with the allies but is quickly over run by germans
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Tanks introduced for the first time on the Somme battlefield by the British
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woodrow wilson is re-elected
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Brittish capture Baghdad
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US declares war on Germany
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Greece enters the war on the side of the Allies
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U.S declares war on Austria -Hungary
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Jerusalem falls to Britain
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Germany launches Spring push, eventually mounting five major offensives against Allied forces, starting with the Battle of Picardy against the British
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Turkey changes sides to allies
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Armistice day; fighting ceases at 11am
