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Death of Franz Ferdinand
The beginning of the entire war started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, they were mortally wounded by the Gavrilo Princip. -
Austria declared war on Serbia
Austria declared war on Serbia after a unknown incident in July involving the army of Hapsburg and Serbian troops unfolded. -
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Germany declares war on France.
This day the Germans invade Belgium only 2 days after declaring war on Russia. During the invasion of Belgium they used Schlieffen plan. -
The first Zeppelin Raid of Britain.
Britain suffered there very first air raid whenever the Great Yarmouth and Kings Lyn on the Easter of England flew in and bombed Britain -
The start of the Battle Of Loos
During this battle this was the first time German forces used gas and new army units in ways to crush French, the French casualties were two times as high as the Germans. -
Start of the battle of Verdun
This battle was the longest and largest battle of the first world war. This battle was in between the German and French armies at the hills of north Verdun -
Battle of Jutland
The battle of Jutland was a naval army war between the french naval fleet and the German naval army in the water off the coast of Denmark -
USA declares war on Germany
The USA declares war on Germany after the Japanes bombed the Naval base at Pearl Harbor