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Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Clark got assassinated when they were in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina by a man named Gavrilo Princip, he was apart of/got help from the Black Hand so that they could try to split up Austria-Hungary's southern Slav provinces. Link text -
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Invasion of Togoland by Britain and France, WW1 begins in Africa.
The Togoland campaign was a French an British Invasion of the German colony in Togoland in west Africa that began the West African Campaign in WW1, it last from August 9th, 1914- August 26th 1914. Link text -
Japan declares war on Germany, WW1 begins in Asia
Japan declares war on Germany cause Germany had a bunch of their ships in Japanese and Chinese waters, Japan sent an ultimatum to Germany to remove their ships from their waters and Germany didnt so Japan joined the Allies in WW1 Link text -
Allies stop the German Invasion of Paris.
its known as the first battle of Marne, Germans had already invaded Belgium, and they were heading towards France next.long story short, the Allies were able to stop the Germans from taking France. Link text -
Long Stalemate on the Western Front.
The long stalemate developed because of the tactics of offensive warfare hadn't developed yet while the tactics of defensive warfare did develop. Link text -
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Allies attack Turkey in the Gallipoli Campaign
it started a week after the naval attacks on the Dardanelles end on a failure, the Allies started a large-scale land invasion on the Gallipoli Peninsula. This plan was intended to force Turkey out of the the war, the plan failed when the British warships couldn't get through the straits known as the Dardanelles. Link text -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram was a telegram from the German Secretary to the German group in Mexico telling them to try to convince Mexico to go to war with the U.S.. but luckily Britain intercepted it before it got to Mexico. Link text -
Lloyd brown got enlisted (1st time)
he was 16 when he got enlisted in WW1, he lied about his age to be able to enlist and get into the navy, he got assigned to the U.S.S. New Hampshire which later caught a German U-boat and brought it back to Philadelphia. Link text -
USS New Hampshire captures a german U-boat (Lloyd Brown)
The USS New Hampshire captured a German U-boat, and the USS New Hampshire is the ship that Lloyd Brown was assigned to. they captured the U-boat and brought it back to the Philadelphia Navy Yard where it was tied up and put on display for the public to see and visit it -
Battle of Cantigny
The Battle of Cantigny is the first major American offensive battle of WW1. Link text -
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Battle of Belleau
this war begins as the U.S. Marine Corp attacks the Germans across an open wheat field, and they suffered huge causalities. It ended with the expulsion of the Germans from the wood, that was the furthest point the the Germans had advanced on Paris. Link text -
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Lloyd Brown is discharged from the navy
He got Discharged from the navy in 1919, he went back to work for is father in Missouri. Link text -
Second class musician (Lloyd Brown)
He got discharged from the Navy in 1919, and then he went back into the Navy as a Second class musician, he played private shows for the higher ranked military officers and the admiral on his ship. Link text -
Lloyd Brown got discharged for the final time
He got Discharged from the Navy for the final time after 2 terms of service, the first time he served was in WW1, the second time he was a second class musician. Link text
