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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Russia mobilizes. The great war starts
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world war one
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British war poster
The image first appeared in the front cover of the hugely influential London Opinion magazine on 5 September 1914, -
Rupert Brooke - The soldier
Rupert Brooke was born in 1887 and died when he was only 27 years old. (1887-1915)
he wrote "The Soldier" and it was published around 1914. The meaning of the poem "The Soldier" is to show, how a soldier thinks about his country in battle. -
U-boat sinks the Lusitania.
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life in the trenches
The life in the trenches has been very intens. the trenches in WWI has been the frontline of attacks in the war. that means it was the most dangerous place to be. -
The longest battle of the war called the Battle of Verdun starts.
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The image of Uncle Sam was shown publicly for the first time, according to some, in a picture by Flagg on the cover of the magazine Leslie's Weekly, on July 6, 1916.
More than four million copies of this image were printed between 1917 and 1918.
In july 6, 1916 the picture of uncle sam was shown with the caption: "What Are You Doing for Preparedness?", but the most known one is the one with the caption: "I want YOU for the US army". It chanced to that threw time. The idea of the new caption came from the British poster -
The longest battle of the Battle of Verdun ends
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Wilfred Owen - Dulce et decorum est
Wilfred Owen was a british Poet who wrote the antiwar poem "Dulce et decorum est" He was born march 18 march 1893 and he died 4 november 1918.
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Over half a million French soldiers go on strike and refuse to continue the failed offensive.
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Two waves of influenza kill more people than the war did
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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. -
The WWII starts
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Nazis invade Poland.
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nazis invade Denmark and norway
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First bombing raid by Americans on Germany (at Wilhelmshaven)
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The battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima or Operation Detachment, was a major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan.
The reason why the Uniteds states wanted to cpture iwo jima was because of the airfields on the island.It would be very useful for the U.S to have those airfields. -
Unconditional surrender of all German forces to Allies.
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the WWII ends
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Vietnam war
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The tet offensive
