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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Assassinated by Yugoslavian Nationalist. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. This caused the Central Powers (including Germany and Austria-Hungary) and Serbia's allies to declare war on each other, starting World War I. -
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The Great War
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War declared
Austro-Hungarians declare war on Serbia. On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War. -
Russia enters war
Russia joins the serbians in as allies the war. entered the first world war with the largest army in the world, standing at 1,400,000 soldiers; when fully mobilized the Russian army expanded to over 5,000,000 soldiers -
Allied troops land in Gallipoli.
Allies launch attack on the Ottoman Powers on the peninsula of Gallipoli -
Allies evcuate Gallipoli
Allies surrender to the Ottaman Powers, after a land route between Germany and the Ottoman Empire through Bulgaria was opened, enabling Germany to supply heavy artillery to devastate the Allied trench network. -
Battle of Somme
The Battle of Somme began with a week long shelling of German lines by the allies. By the end of the battle, in November 1916, the British had lost 420,000, the French lost nearly 200,000 men and the Germans 500,000. -
America enters War
The Americans who decided to stay neutral for the war, were forced into it when German submarines began sinking American ships in the North Atlantic -
Second Battle of the Marne
This was the last German attack on the Western Front. This attack failed when a strong counter-attack from the French and American began to advance. This was a big turning point in the war -
Germany signs an armistice with allies
Official end date of World War One, an agreement which signalled a victory for the the Allies and defeat for Germany. This signified the end of World War One
