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The Archduke was assasinated by serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo.
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After Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia.
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Germany marches though Belgium to get to France. And makes Britain declare war bvecause they had an alliance with Belguim.
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The Battle of Tannenberg begins.
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Trench Warfare begins as soldiers on both sides dig in.
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During this time, Australian troops were meant in stop at france or the middle east for six weeks of training, but Turkey had been declared an ally to Germany so the British, in charge of the Australians had to change plans to train in Egypt
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Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain, essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets.
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Winston Churchill suggested to bomb the enemy location before they landed, but little did he know that after the raid, the Turkish now knew where they were landing and increased men and guns on that side.
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In this battle it was the first time that Germans used poison gas on a very large area. Canadian forces managed to push the major German force back on to European soil.
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On this day the ANZACS landed at Gallipoli and were servely slaughtered as they stepped foot on the beach. 620 Australian and New Zealand men died on this day.
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The first of troops were recalled,this was carried out over 11 days, Allied forces initiated a full retreat from the gallipoli peninsulia.
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The battle of Verdun was one of the bloodiest and longest battles in World War 1
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This was symbolised as the horrors of trench warfare in WW1. The British facedmuch criticism about the huge number of casulties in this battle. In the first day alone, the British army sees 60 000 casulties had 420 000 in total.
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Took place on the 19th - 20th July 1916
This was the first major battle that the Australians faught on the Western front, 1,500 British and 5,533 Australian soldiers were killed. -
Due to the limited number of men joining the millitary Prime Minister Billy Hughes held a referendum to let the people decide whether conscription should be enforced. very close vote, but conscription was then declined.
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The USA enter the war by declaring war on Germany.Prior to 1915, 120 Americans were killed when German submarines sunk the Lusitania, one year later the Sussex was sunk by German u-boats, Americans were outraged. not until 1917 were diplomatic agreements with Germany shattered when the Americans discovered Germany was provoking Mexico and Japan to attack the United States.
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Referred to as the third battle of Ypres, this battle was nicknamed 'Battle of Mud'. on the 31st of July the allies started the infantry attack on the Germans, this was then followed by the main assualt led by Sir Hubert Gough's men. During August heavy rain was seen for the first time in thirty years and made it difficult to walk or attack in trenches because of the mud. Mustard gas was used by the Germans as a last resort to try and drive the allies back, This was a failed attempt.
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Prime Minister Billy Hughes again tried to enforce conscription with anoth referendum, resulting in same as the previous, "No" won and conscription was once again declined. Conscription overseas was never introduced.
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Germany launches the spring offense
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Australian and British forces attacked Villers-Bretonnuex, their plan was simple to attack from two different sides. Australians came in from accross hill 104, while British attacked from the north west. This lead to great success with Germans being flushed out of Viller-Bretonnuex. This was the first time German tanks were used in battle.
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Germany signs an Armistice to officially end World War One
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The war ends up being blamed on Germany and it was split up to the other countires involved in the war to make sure Germany does not have a lot of power.