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Germany declared war on Russia.
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Sir Edward Grey, sent
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Germany did not withdraw from Belgium and Britain declared war on Germany.
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Turkey entered the war on the side of the central powers and gave help to a German naval bombardment of Russia.
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Zeppelin airships dropped bombs on Yarmouth.
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Zeppelins began attacking London.
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There outraged protests from the United States at the German U-boat campaign, when the
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Italy entered the war on the side of the Allies.
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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.
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Romania joined the war on the side of the Allies. But within a few months was occupied by Germans and Austrians.
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The battle was preceded by a week long artillery bombardment of the German line which was supposed to destroy the barbed wire defences placed along the German line but only actually succeeded in making no mans land a mess of mud and craters.
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The first German air raid on London took place. The Germans hoped that by making raids on London and the South East, the British Air Force would be forced into protecting the home front rather than attacking the German air force.
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The United States of America declared war on Germany in response to the sinking, byGerman U boats, of US ships.
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The operation commanded by the French General, Nivelle, went wrong and caused the loss of many French soldiers. Haig protested to the British government and advocated trying his own scheme for a breakthrough.
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The British took a large force of tanks across the barbed wire and machine gun posts at Cambrai.
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Following the successful revolution by the Bolsheviks, the Russians signed an Armistice with Germany at Brest-Litovsk.
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The British general, Haig, ordered the attack of the German sector at Amiens. At the same time the news came through that the allies had broken through from Salonika and forced Bulgaria to sue for peace.
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The allies had successfully pushed the Turkish army back and the Turks were forced to ask for an armistice. The terms of the armistice treaty allowed the allies access to the Dardenelles.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated.
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At 11 am, in the French town of Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing the war to an end.
