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Ww1 declared
Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of a nationtionlist terrorist group called the black hand, from Serbia. War declarded between Germany and Serbia -
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Canada in World War 1
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Britian joins WW1
Britain supports their allies, France and Russia.
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Second Battle of Ypres
Battle in Ypres, Belgium. Germans Introduce Chlorine gasses. Resulting in stalemate.
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Second Battle of Artois
Battle in Artois, France. Resulted in a stalement. 203381 casualties. (Both Sides) -
Battle of the Somme
Somme River, France. British Army had been an inexperienced and patchily trained mass of volunteers. The Somme was the debut of the Kitchener Army created by Lord Kitchener's call for recruits at the start of the war. British-French victory. 860907 casualties. (Both Sides) -
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Vimy, France. Allies Victory. Trench raiding involved where small scale surprise attacks on enemy positions. 3,598 allied casualties,
4000 Germans captured. -
Third Battle of Ypres
Tactical Allied victory
Strategic Allied victory
Operational Allied failure
Extremly muddy. Duck boards used. trenches were a hazard due to wet conditions -
The Advance To Victory (Hundred Days Offensive)
Collapse of the German Empire. Allies launches series of offensives against central powers.
Starting with The Battle of Amiens, Secound Battle of the Somme, Advance to the Hindenburg Line and then Battles of the Hindenburg Line in France. -
Second Battles of the Somme
Allied Victory It was part of a series of successful counter-offensives in response to the German Spring Offensive, after a pause for redeployment and supply. 5600 Allied casualties, 6000 Germans captured. -
Ww1 End
World War 1 End. Germans Surrender after realising they can't win. -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles signed on 28 June 1919.
The Treaty was one of the peace treaties at the end of WW1. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. The Treaty included Germany recieving territorial changes, military restrictions, and responsible for the war. Signed by France, Britain, Russia and Germany