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Assination of ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Heir to the Austrian throne killed in Sarajevo along with his wife Dutchess Sophia by Bosnian serb Gavrilo Princip -
The Beginning
Austria,-Hungaria declares war on Serbia -
Germany joins
Germany declares war on Russia. Germany and Ottoman Empire sign a secret alliance treaty -
Germany invades Luxenburg
Skirmish at Joncherey first military action of WW1 -
Germany declares war on France
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Montenegro declares war on Austria-Hungaria
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Austria-Hungaria declares war on Russia
Germany declares war on Serbia -
The British expeditionary force arrives in France
Battle of the Frontiers. The Germans obtain a victory over the British and French Armies. Aug 7 - September13 the battle took place. -
France declares on Austria-Hungary
A day later the UK declares war on Austria-Hungary -
Battle of Tannenberg
Russian army defeated by German army. Battle Aug. 23-30th -
First Battle of the Marne
German advance of Paris halted -
First Battle of Ypres
The Germans are prevented from reaching Calais and Dunkirk -
Battle of the Falklands
German cruiser squadron defeated by Royal Navy -
Christmas Truce
In some sectors of the Western an unofficial Christmas truce is observed between German and British forces -
1st Zeppilin Raid on Great Britian
As well as ---- Battle of Hartmannswillerkoef - Series of Battles to control the peak. -
Battke Of Dodger Bank
Battle between squadrons of the British Grand Fleet & the German Hochseeflotte (German Navy) -
Germany begins unrestricted warfare against merchant vessels
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The Gallipoli Campaign Begins
British & French navel attack on the Dardanelles. -
Second Battle of Ypres
Took place April 22 - May 25. First action for the Canadian Army. First use of Chlorine gas by the Germans. -
Allied Forces land on Gallipoli
Allied landing at Anzac Cove & Cape Helles -
Lusitania sunk
British line Lusitania sunk by U-boat -
Gernany suspences Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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2nd Battle Champagme
Battle will last from the 25th of September to November 6th, 1915. German victory -
John French is replaced by Douglas Haig
Douglas Haig replaces John French as the commander of the BEF. -
End of Gallipoli
The Gallipoli Campaign ends in Allied Defeat, an Ottaman Victory. -
Battle of Verdun begins
Battle lasts from Feb 21 to Dec 20, 1916. Ends in French Victory. -
Germany resumes Unrestricted Submarine Warfare against Merchant Vessels
Will rescind order on May 10, 1916 -
The Battle of Juteland
Battle between British Grand Fleet & Germanys High Seas Fleet. British Victory -
Battle of the Somme begins
Battle will last from July 1 to nov. 18th, 1916 -
Battle of Flerscourcelle
Last Offensive of the Battle of the Somme - First time in history that Armored Tanks are used -
The Battle of the Somme Ends
Enormous British Casualties & no clear victor. -
Germany resumes Unristricted Submarine Warfare
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The Germans withdraw to the Hindenburg Line
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The United States declares War on Germany & the Central Powers
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2nd Battle of Arras
The British attack German line without obtaining any strategic breakthru. Battle will last until the 13th of May. -
The Battle of Vimy Ridge
Canadians obtain significant victory in the Battle. Part of the 1st phase of 2nd Battle of Arras -
A Series of Mutinies in the French Army
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Phillipe Petain replaces Robert Nivell as CIC of the French Army
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1st Successful Heavy Bomer Raid on London that was not done by Zepplins
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!st American troops land in France
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The Battle of Passchendale Begins
Battle lasts from July 31 to Nov 10, 1917. Includes all members of the Commonwealth as well as the France & Belgium -
The October Revolution begins.
The Bolsheviks sieze power resulting in Russias withdrawal from WW1 on Dec 16, 1917. -
The beginning of the Spanish Influenza Pandemic
Ended in 1920. -
Battle of Belleau Wood
Part of the German Spring Offensive -
The Czar & his family are shot by Bolsheviks
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100 Day Offensive begins
Last Offensive on the Western Front - will last until Nov. 11, 1918 -
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge
The US Military under French Command assaultes a German position northeast of Reims. Allied Victory -
Germany suspenses unrestricted submarine warfare
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Germany signs Armistice
3 Days after Armistice is signed fighting in the East African Theatre ends. German high seas fleet surrenders to the UK. 11 Days after agreeing to cease fire General von Lettow-Vorbeck surrenders his undefeated army. -
Treaty of Versailles
The peace conference opens in Paris, France. Probably the main cause of WW2 -
The Beginning of Prohibition
Prohibition lasted from Jan 17, 1920 to March 22, 1933 -
Black Tuesday
16 million shares traded as panic spread through out the stock market. Beginning of the dirty thirties & the Great Depression. -
Start of Spain Civil War
Fascism-all over the world people volunteer to defent Spain from fascism. -
Germany
Nazi rule - Hilter in power for 4 years -
Annexation of Austria
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Annexation of Czechoslavakia
Adolf Hilter's annex is the Sudentland, March of 1939 Hitler Annexs the rest of Czecholavakia -
spanish civil war ends in fascist victory
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King and Queen of England visit Whitehouse
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Nazi-Soviet nonaggression Pact
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign nonaggression pact and agree to slice up Poland -
Nazi Germany invades Poland
Start of WWII -
Great Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany
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Start of the Phoney War
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Germany conquered Western Poland
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Nazi Germany invades Norway and Denmark
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end of Phoney war - Germany invades France
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Dunkirk evacuation begins
Royal Navy and civil vessels evacate the BEF from Dunkirk and France. -
End of evacuation of Dunkirk
224,686 british soliders and 121,445 French and Belgium troops evacuated -
Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom
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France surrenders to Germany
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Germans prepare for Operation SeaLion
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The Battle of Britain begins
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The Blitz begins
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Battle of Britain ends
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British Naval forces attack Italian Navy at Taranto, Italy. British military success will be studied by the Japanese for preparation of their coming attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu.
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British forces in Egyypt launch Operation Compass against the Italians.
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Operation Compass still in effect. 45,000 Italian soldiers are captured
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Errwin Rommel appointed commander of African Corps.
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Battle of the Atlantic is now getting desperate for the British.
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Operation Barbarossa is launched by Nazi Germany & Allies against the Soviet Union.
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Pearl Harbour is attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Battleship USS Arizona is sunk along with 1 other battleships, 2 Battleships sunk but later recovered with total loss of life at 2,403 killed. -
British Battlecuriser Repulse & Battleship Prince of Wales sunk by Japanese Imperial Navy.
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Germany & Italy declare war on the United States of America.
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Second Happy time begins as German U-boats move closer to US shores.
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26 Countries sign a Declaration to create the United Nations during the Arcadia conference.
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Battle of the Coral Sea.
Battle ends in an American victory over the Japanese Imperial Navy. -
Head of Reich Security, Reinhard Heydich, fatally wounded during Operation Anthropoid by Czech Soilders.
He was being driven to his home when ambushed by 2 Czech soilders. They managed to fatally wound him before being forced to retreat & go into hiding. Days later after many Czech citizens were tortured & killed the soilders were betrayed by one of their own compatriats who hoped for clemancy for his family. Needless to say the assassians were killed by the German forces. -
Battle of Midway
Ends in an American Victory with only the loss of the USS Yorktown which had been previously damaged at the Battle of the Coral Sea. IN comparison the Japanase Navy lost 4 Aircraft Carriers, the Hiryu, Soryu, Akagi, Kaga. This battle effectively destroyed the Japanese Naval strength, they were on the defensive now. -
The Manhattan project is started.
The creation of atamic bombs to be used in the War. It was lead by the US with help from the UK & Canada. -
US forces invade the Solomon Islands.
Guadalcanal & 3 other Japanese held islands are invaded by US forces specially the US Marine Corp. This gives the Americans a taste of what the fighting will be like during future campaigns against the Japanese. -
Operation Jubilee aka Deippe Raid
A raid by British & Canadian forces on Deippe, France ends in disaster. Many are captured or killed by the German defenders. -
Battle of Stalingrad begins
This battle will end in a decisive Soviet Victory, it is considered the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front by many. Casualties for the Axis forces number approximately 850000 soldiers. The USSR lost a total of 1,129,619 casualties not all of which were military personnel. -
Battle of Cape Esperance, off the northwest coast of Guadalcanel
US fleet intercepts & destroys Japanese fleet on its way to provide reinforcments to their soldiers. -
2nd Battle of El Alamein
British forces begin to push Rommels forces back into Libya. -
The Battle of Santa Cruz
American Navy has only 1 major Aircraft Carrier in the Pacific, the USS Enterprise left. Battle ends in US Victory. Japanese losses include 99 aircraft destroyed, 500 dead. -
Operation Torch
The Allied invasion of French North Africa. Allied forces land on the West Coast of French North Africa & begin to push Rommel from the west. Rommel is trapped between the British forces under Montgomery & the American/British forces under Eisinhour. -
Soviets launch Operation Uranus
Aimed at encirciling the Germanys surrounding Stalingrad cutting them off from resupply & reenforcements, -
the 6th Army in Stalingrad surrenders to the Soviets.
Over 1/2 million German soldiers captured of which only 1/4 will return to Germany due to poor/horrific conditions of POW camps. -
Beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Ultimately unsuccessful leaving 13,000 Jewish people dead & 5685 Jewish people deported to various concentration camps. -
The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse
Members of Calcutta Light Horse carry out a covert attack on Germany Merchant ships which have been transmitting Allied positions to U-Boats. The Calcutta Light Horse traveled from India to Goa a Portugal territory to stage their raid. -
The Great Escape
76 Allied POWs escape from Stalag Luft 3. 73 POWS were later recaptured - 50 were executed by the SS, 23 were sent back to prisioner of war camps, 3 escaped to freedom. -
Battle of Kursk begins
Soviets battle Germany forces at Kursk for control of the offensive. -
Allied invasion of Sicily begins
American forces along with British & Commonwealth forces invade the island of Sicily. -
Battle of Prokhorovka begins
Largest tank battle in human history, part of the Battle of Kursk. It ends in a stalemate between the Soviets & Germans -
Patton takes Palermo
US forces led by General Geroge S Patton take Palermo, Italy -
Italian Armistcice signed. Italy drops out of the War
Mainland Italy is invaded by the Allied Forces -
Jewish Prisioners escape from Sobibor extermination camp
Led by Polish Prisioner Leon Feldhendler & Soviet Alexander Pechersky succeed in killing 11 SS Officiers until discovered. Approximately 300 of the 600 multinational prisioners escaped to the forest under heavy fire -
Battle of Tarawa begins
The US Marines & the Japanese Imperial Navy & Army. The Battle will last for 3 days resulting in a US victory. US Casualties 3797, Japanese casualties 4,869 -
General Eisenhower named head of Operation Overlord - Invasion of Occupied Europe
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The 1st Battle of Monte Cassino
British 10 corps attacks along the Gariglano River at the Western end of the Gustaf line - a German defensive line in the mountains of Italy. -
Allies begin Operation Shingle
The landings at Anzio, Italy by Allied troops. The Allies hope to break out of the stalemate in Southern Italy but are unable to break out from the beachhead. -
The 2nd Battle of Monte Cassino
The Battle begins with the destruction of the historic Benedictine Monestary on Monte Cassino by the Allied Bombing. -
The 3rd Battle of Monte Cassino
The small town of Cassino is destroyed by Allied Bombers. -
The 4th Battle of Monte Cassino
Forces led by General Anders of the 2nd Polish Corp. -
The Battle for Monte Cassino comes to an end.
The Allies finally take Monte Cassino. Troops of the 2nd Polish Corp. led by General Anders capture Monte Cassino. German troops in western Italy have withdrawn to the Hitler line -
Allies start new break out from Anzio, Italy
By the 25 of May Allied forces link up with Allied forces pushing from Southern Italy. -
Allies enter Rome
German troops fall back to the Trasimene line -
The Allied invasion of Ocuppied Europe Begins.
Combined forces fo British, Canadian & American land the beaches of Normandy, France. -
The Battle of the Philippine Sea
The US Navy has a decisive victory over Japan. -
American forces liberate Cherbourg, France
The port facilities have been heavily damaged by German forces. -
Battle of the Hedgerows
Allied forces are slowed by the agricultural hedgerows in western France. -
The City of Caen, France is liberated
British Commonwealth forces liberate Caen, France. -
American forces take St Lo, France
The Allied breakout from the hedgerows begins in Normandy -
Operation Valkryie
A plot to asassinate Hitler is carried out by German Officiers, sadly it failed resulting in all of the plotters deaths. -
The 2nd Warsaw Uprising
Led by the Polish Home Army begins. They expect aid from the advancing Soviet Army which never came resulting in loss of life & they didn't win. -
Paris, France is liberated
DeGaulle & the Free French Forces proudly parade down the Champs de Elysees. -
Canadian troops liberate Dieppe, France
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Ostend is liberated by Canadian troops
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Operation Market Garden
The attempt to liberate Arnhem, Netherlands. -
Failure of Operation Market Garden
British troops pull out of Arnhem. Over 6,000 Allied paratroopers captured by Germans. Hopes of an early end to the War are abandoned -
The German garrison in Calis, France surrenders
Canadian troops take Calis -
German forces suceed in putting down the Warsaw Uprising
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Erwin Rommel commits suicide
Rommel commits suicide to save his family from Hitlers retaliations for his supposed connection with the July 20ths plotters to take Hitliers life -
Battle of the Bulge Begins
German forces attempt to breakout in the Ardenes region which ultimately ends in failure for the Germans. Allied forces dig in & repulse the Germans. -
Warsaw, Poland is entered by the Red Army
A government favorable to the Soviet Communist is installed by the Soviets. -
Battle of the Bulge won by the Allies
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Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz Concentration Camp
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Marines invade Iwo Jima
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US Marines raise American Flag on Mt. Suribachi
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Iwo Jima is finally secured by US Marines
Only battle in which the American casualties are larger than the Japanese. -
The Battle of Okinawa begins
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Buchenwald Concentration Camp liberated by American forces.
Allied forces horrified by what they discover. -
Elba Day
1st contact between Soviet & American troops on the Elba River in Germany -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler, Eva Braun commit suicide. Admiral Karl Donitz made Reich President -
Battle of Berlin ends
Soviet forces capture the Reichstag installing a Soviet Flag & the German commanders surrender Berlin -
Victory in Europe Day
Germany surrenders to the Allied forces. -
Little Boy
B-29 Bomber drops Nuclear bomb on Hiroshima code name Little Boy -
Fat Man
2nd Atpmic weapon dropped on Nagasaki code name Fat Man -
Japan unconditionally surrenders
Emperor Hirohito surrenders Japan & tells his people with a radio announcement. He issues an Imperial Rescript ordering Japanese forces to cease fire. General MacArthur takes command of the Japanese Govt. in Tokyo.
