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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
He was next in line for the Austro-Hungarian throne -
Schlieffen Plan
was the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in response to international tension, had started to mobilise her forces near the German border. -
Trench warfare began
200,000 men died in this battle -
Christmas Truce along Western Front
122 people dies -
Germans introduce poison gas