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Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austro-Hungarian empire, in Sarajevo, Bosnia by Serbia. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia -
Germany declares war on Russia
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Germany declares war on France
Germany declares war on France -
Germany invades Belgium
Germany invades Belgium -
Britian delclares war on Germany
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Battle of the Frontiers begins
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Russia invades East Prussia
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Austria-Hungary invades Russian Poland
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Japan declares war on Germany
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Battle of Tannenberg
Russia loses; Germany's greatest success of the war on Eastern Front -
First Battle of Marne
halts German advance, resulting in stalemate & trench warfare -
First Battle of Masurian Lakes
Russia loses -
First Battle of Aisne begins
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Austro-German attack on western Poland
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First Battle of Ypres
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Turkey joins the Central Powers
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Batle of the Falkland Islands
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First German air raid on Britain
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Allied offensive in Artois & Champagne
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First German zeppelin attack on England
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Second Battle of Masurian Lakes
Russians suffer heavy loss; also known as the Winter Battle -
Falaba sinks
British passenger liner -
Second Battle of Ypres
started by the first use of poison gas by Germany -
Austro-German offensive on Galicia begins
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Lusitania sinks
Bombed by German U-boats in the waters close to the Lusitania. contreverary started & angered may Americans -
Second Battle of Artois begins
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Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
after ignoring treaty agreements with the Central Powers, Italy declares war -
1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battles of Isonzo
Italians launch unsuccessful attack on Hungarians; there are to be 12 battles; battles end on December 2nd. -
Germans capture Warsaw
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Second Battle of Champagne begins
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German attack on Verdun
longest battle of the war, ultimately defeated by the French at great cost to both sides; ended December 18 -
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th Battles of Isonzo
between Italy & Austria-Hungary; lasted until November 14th -
French passenger ship, Sussex, torpedoed
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Easter rebellion starts in Ireland
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Battle of Jutland
the biggest naval battle in history, ultimately without a clear victor -
Start of the Battle of the Somme
greatest number of casualties in British military history, 60,000 -
Romania enters the war with the Allies
quickly overrun by German forces -
Italy declares war on Germany
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Tanks introduced for the first time
introduced on the Somme battlefield by the British -
End of the Battle of Somme
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British capture Baghdad
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US declares war on Germany
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Battle of Vimy Ridge
Canadian success -
Nivelle Offensive ends in French failure
Second Battle of Aisne, Third Battle of Champagne -
Greece enters the war
enters on the side of the Allies -
Third Battle of Ypres begin
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British launch surprise tank attack at Cambrai
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US declares war on Austria-Hungary
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Jerusalem falls to Britain
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Germany lanches Spring push, starting with the Battle of PIcardy
eventually mountd five major offensives afainst the Allied forces, Battle of Picardy started against the British -
Germany launches second Spring offensive, the Battle of Lys
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German U-boats appear in US waters
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Third German Spring Offensive, Third Battle of the Aisne
begins in French sector along Chemin des Dames -
Battle of Cantigny
US forces victorious in first major action -
4th German Spring offensive, Battle of the Matz
French sector between Noyan and Montdider -
Battle of Piave
Italians prevai against Austro-Hungarian forces -
Second Battle of Marne begins
final phase of great German Spring push -
US forces clear the St.-Mihiel salient
during which the greatest air assault of the war is launched by the US -
Battle of Megiddo
Start of British offensive in Palestine -
Battle of the Vardar
pits Serb, Czech, Iltalian, French and British forces against Bulgarian forces -
Belgian troops attack at Ypres
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Germany & Austria send peace notes to US President Wildrow Wilson
requested an armistice -
British advance to the Sambre & Schledt rivers
taking many German prisoners -
Turkey concludes an armistice with the Allies
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Trieste falls to the Allies; Austria-Hungary concludes an armistice
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Germany negotiates an armistace with the Allies
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Kaiser Wilhelm II flees to Holland
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Armistace day; fighting ceases at 11 am
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communist revolt in Berlin
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Treaty of Versailles drafted & signed
