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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo by the Serbian nationalist group the Black Hand. -
Austra-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Germany declares war on France
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Great Britain declares war on France
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The battle of Mons and the great retreat
from august the 23rd to the 5th of september.
At the start of the battle the British found themselves heavily outnumbered by their German opposition: 70,000 troops as opposed to 160,000, and 300 guns against 600 German weapons -
The battle of Marne
Having invaded Belgium and north-eastern France, the German army had reached within 30 miles of Paris. Joseph Joffre (French), attacked the German flank with 150000 men and split the Germans in half -
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First Battle of Ypres
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the first battle of Ypres
from october to november
A battle in western Belgium -
the second battle of Ypres
the battle was for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium after the First Battle of Ypres the previous autumn. It was the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
A victim of German submarine warfare, this caused a public outcry against Germany as the Lusitania was a U.S ship. -
Battle of Verdun starts
While there was no real strategic importance at Verdun, it was called untakeable by the French. Because of that it became a matter of prestige between the Germans and the French. This is the bloodiest battle in history with 700,000 troops deat at Verdun -
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Battle of Verdun
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The battle of Jutland
the only major naval engagement between germany and britan, this battle ended with the german fleet in tatters which granted the british naval superiority -
the battle of Somme
from july to november.
Mainly British troops the start of the battle was a diaster as the artillery failed to kill the german troops -
David Lloyd George's election
with the support of the Conservative and Labour leaders, he replaced Asquith as prime minister -
Us severs diplomatic ties to Germany
Most likely because of the German submaires sinking U.S ships like the Lutistania -
Abdication of Tsar Nicolas
This was because of the internal rebellion in Russia -
the first battle of Gaza, Palestine
the first attempt by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) to invade the south of Palestine in the Ottoman Empire -
US Declares war on Germany
The U.S declared war once Germany was already weak and claimed to have done a massive part in the war -
Battle of Arras
was a British offensive where British, Canadian, South African, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and Australian troops attacked German defences near the French city of Arras on the Western Front. -
First Battle of Passchendaele
Part of the third battle of Ypres -
The Third Battle Of Ypres
This is a major British offensive which consisted of many battles going from July the 31st up to the 10th of November -
The first battle of Passchendaele
a battle that was part of the British offensive at Ypres -
the second battle of Passchendaele
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The British take Jerusalem
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The Treaty of Bresk-Livosk
the treaty that ended Russias involvment in world war 1 -
The Second Battle Of Somme
Fought in the basin of the river somme. It was part of a series of successful counter-offensives in response to the German Spring Offensive, after a pause for redeployment and supply. -
The Second Battle of Marne
was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. -
Armistice Negotiations begin
The Germans tried to negotiate with the U.S because the president was more peaceful then the French and the British. However even though the U.S were willing to negotiate for peace the British and French wanted nothing but unconditional surrender and refused the Germans. This lead to operation 19 -
The Keil Mutiny
The last ditch attempt of the German navy to damage the British and French because they wouldn't accept any peace except for unconditional surrender. However this was a suicde attempt as the British fleet ruled supreme, because of that the German sailors lead a mutiny and took control of the ships -
Abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm
The abdication of the last emporer (kaiser) of Germany -
Armistice Day