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Battle of Masurian Lakes
Germans turned their attention to the Russian First army at Masurian Lakes. Although the Germans were unable to defeat the army -
Zeppelins
The first Zeppelins appeared over the English coast. -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand eventually led to the start of World War 1. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Germany Declares war on Russia
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british declaration of war
Germany did not withdraw from Belgium and Britain declared war on Germany. -
Battle of Tannenburg
German Army rushed into Prussia. -
Winston Churchill resigns
Winston Churchill, critical of the Dardanelles campaign, resigned his post as First Lord of the Admiralty. He rejoined the army as a battalion commander. -
battle of verdun
The Germans mounted an attack on the French at Verdun designed to ‘bleed the French dry’. Although the fighting continued for nine months, the battle was inconclusive. -
Lusitania sunk
the Lusitania, which had many American passengers aboard, was sank. -
German U-boat campaign
In Germany, orders were given to step up the U-boat campaign. All allied or neutral ships were to be sunk on sight and in one month almost a million tons of shipping was sunk -
US declares war on Germany
Us declared war on Germany on the 6th of April in 1917.
