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Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated on the 28th of June 1914, their wedding anniversary. A bomb was thrown in the open roofed car they were driving in. It did not kill them. They were then shot dead by one of the terriest from The Black Hand.
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− Austria- Hungry declared war on Serbia 28th July 1914
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JULY 31 Russia announces full mobilization of its armed forces
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AUGUST 1: Germany mobilizes armed forces and declares war on Russia
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− Germany declared war on Russia 1st of august 1914
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− France declared war on Germany on 3rd of August 1914
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− Germany invaded Belgium 4th of August 1914
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− Brittan declared war on Germany 4th of August 1914 Britians involvement in the war had other countires from the Commonwealth offer military and financial assistance. This included Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa.
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From Fort Nepean battery to stop the German ship Pflaz which attempting to flee
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The battle of the frontier. French lost 27,000 men alone
4 different battles goin on on or nearly at once
Lasted for one month all up -
− Japan declared war on Germany on 23rd of August 1914
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− Austria-Hungary declared war on Japan 25th august 1914
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Battle lasted for 4 days
Erich and Paul von Hindenburg led the German army -
Round 50,000 casualties
Germany achieved its greatest victory of the war -
The first trencheds of the Western Front are dug
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The Christmas Truce was around for a couple of days at the Christmas period. Insted of shooting eachother, the soldiers got out of their trenches, and shook hands, shared cigaretts and shared food with the other side. Germany even put up a Christmas tree. This was just a 1914 phenomenon though.
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War becomes "total war" after German Zepplin air rai on England
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Every year since then, we now celebrate ANZAC Day. It is a national public holiday, on the 25th of April, where everyone celebrates and remembers the soldiers that fought and sacrificed their lives for the country. War memorials hold ceremonies, marched and parades.
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GALLIPOLI The Battle of Gallipoli took place on the 25th of April 1915. Winston Churchill, (The First Lord of Admiralty) pushed for the idea of the Australian and New Zealand Troops to land in Gallipoli, take over the peninsula and then control the Dardanelles Strait, which was the main shipping channel for the German army. Although it was a good idea, the planning behind it was poor. The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) disembarked on the wrong beach in the Gallipoli peninsula.
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The soldiers were supposed to land in a much longer and flatter shore, compared to the small beach surrounded with mountains they did land on. The Turkish were in control of those mountains and were able to shoot down at the troops, killing numerous soldiers. The whole Gallipoli operation cost 26,111 Australian casualties.
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A german U-Boat sinks the British ocean liner. 1,198 casualties.
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− Italy entered the war in may 1915
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British use 'gas in a bottle' near Loos. But the winds then shifted killing around 60,000 people in Brittan.
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Allies begin withdrawing from Gallipoli
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British comscription goes into effect
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Lasted for 10 months
Longest battle of the war -
Lasted for 1 day
Greatest naval battle in the war -
Fought with no clear winner
Nearly 7,000 casualties -
The Battle of the Somme was one of the largest and most well known battles of World War 1
Lasted for 3 months -
Estimatied 1,000,000 casualties
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Around 1,000,000 casualties amd was fought to a draw
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Canaidian success.
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First US troops arrive in France, 1st Division 1917
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America was under a policy of Neutrality until 1917. They finally entered on the 6th of August 1917
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Baron von Richthofen 'The Red Baron' killed in air dogfight.
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Now known as rememberance day
