World War I Central Vs Allied Power (Central power-Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire) (Allied Power-Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the United States)
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
World War I after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. He was heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, who was killed in Sarajevo, Bosnia along with his wife a by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip who was struggling to end Austro-Hungarian rule over Bosnia and Herzegovina. -
Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia
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Battle of Gallipoli
The battle of Gallipoli was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers of World War I to control the sea route from Europe to Russia. Lack of sufficient intelligence and knowledge of the terrain, along with fierce Turkish resistance, prevented the success of the invasion. -
Battle of Fromelles
The attack on Fromelles on 19 July 1916 was the first major battle fought by Australian troops on the Western Front. -
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First Battle of Bullecourt
The Australian Imperial Force (AIF), supported by British forces, attempted to capture the German-held village of Bullecourt in northern France but the attack failed due to poor planning, inadequate artillery support, and strong German resistance. -
Battle of Magdhaba
British forces attacked entrenched Ottoman defenses near the village of Magdhaba in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The British, used artillery, infantry, and cavalry to break through the Ottoman lines. The battle ended in a decisive British victory, with the Ottomans suffering around 1,600 casualties compared to the British 1,500. -
German defeat at Battle of Somme
The Battle of the Somme, which took place from July to November 1916, began as an Allied offensive against German forces along the Western Front of World War I, near the Somme River in France. The Allied victory at the Somme—despite its horrific costs—inflicted serious damage on German positions in France, spurring the Germans to strategically retreat to the Hindenburg Line in March 1917 rather than continue battling over the same land that spring. -
Armistice with Germany
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany. The war ended with an armistice, an agreement in which both sides agree to stop fighting, rather than a surrender. For both sides, an armistice was the fastest way to end the war's misery and carnage. -
The treaty of Versailles
It was a peace treaty that ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers.
Saddled with war guilt, heavy reparations and denied entrance into the League of Nations, Germany felt tricked into signing the treaty.
As the years passed, hatred of the Versailles treaty and its authors in Germany raised which can be counted among the causes of World War II. 9 million soldiers and 10 million Civilian casualties