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World War 1
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Archduke Ferdinand Killed
He is killed by a serb in Bosnia -
Germany Declares War On France
The next few days eveyone is at war -
Total War
Zeppelen air raid on England -
U-boat sinks the Lusitania
1,198 civilians, including 128 Americans die -
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Battle of Verdun
the Battle of Verdun, is fought to a draw with an estimated one million casualties. -
Canadians take Vimy Ridge
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French soldiers mutiny
Over half a million French soldiers mutiny, or "go on strike" and refuse to continue the failed offensive -
USA Joins The War
American troops in France fire their first shot in trench warfare. -
"the Red Baron" is killed
Baron von Richthofen, "the Red Baron" is killed in air dog-fight. -
The War Ends
At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the war ends as Germany and Allies sign an Armistice
