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Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the austro-hungery throne is assainated.
Franz Ferinand and his wife Sophie are assainated by a group of serbians called the "Black Hand". He was killed by Gavrilo Princip who after missing his grenade went to buy a sandwich, after he had bought his sandwich he turned around and saw Franz and quickly shot him and his wife dead. -
Germany gives full support to austro-hungary if they take action against sebia.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and Russia.
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Germany declares war on Russia.
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Belgium anounces that it's neautral
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Germnay declares war on France and takes Belgium
Germany Declares war on france which is part of the Schlieffen Plan.The Schlieffen Plan involves germany defeating france in the weeks thatrussia takes to mobilise her troops. Obviously this dosen't work and as Russia mobilises her troops in just 10 days.
Germmany Invaded Belgium to avoid the heavily fortified french border towns. -
Britan gives Austro-hungary a chance to stand down, when they dont reply britan declares war
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HMS Amphion is sunk by German sea mines and takes 150 british sailors with her.
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British BEF Land in France
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Battle of Mons
The Battle of Mons took place on the french boarder and was the first major battle of World War One. A french of about 80,000 british faced up a agianst a German force twice as large as them and were ultimately pushed back by the larger German force. The BEF retreated to paris where they countered with the battle of Marne. -
The First Battle of Marne
The First Battle of Marne Ended Germany's month long Attack of France and was a major victory for the Allies. The french were very agressive and by the 9th they were nearly surrounded but managed to retreat about 60 kms where they set up trenches that would last the next few years. -
The first Battle of Ypres
The First Battle of Ypres involved the Germans and Allies as the British tried to secure its english channel ports and the German armya wanted to advance. Even tough they had overwhelming numbers the Germans were still defeated as a result of clumsy stratergies. -
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The First Battle of Ypres
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German naval bombardment of british soil kills 137 civilians
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First Zeppelin attack on britan
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Bombardment of the Dardanelles
A large fleet of allied ships attempt to bambard Turkish forts along the dardanelles but fail due to the mines that have been placed in the strait. -
Gallipoli
The allies launch their famous assult on the Gallipoli peninsula. Many are killed in the first day and lots more will die for no gain. -
Battle of Verdun
The longest and Bloodiest battle in wwI with nearly more that 1,000,000 combined casualties. It ended with the french taking back the ground they had lost and coming out victorious. -
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Battle of Verdun
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Compulsive enlistment in Britan
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Italy declares war on Germany
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US troops enter France
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Seccond Battle of somme
German troops took the british by surprise,shelling and gassing the enmy trenches. The Germans made a massive gain of 61km r\which was the largest advance since 1914, but they only managed to bend the british line and ended up depleating recious resources. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II flees to holland.
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The Armistice is signed at 5.00am and comes into effect at 11.00am.
At 10.57am Canadian Private George Lawrence Price is killed on patrool he is the last man to die in World war One.
