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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
the assassination led into the first world war -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
a month later after Ferdinand and his wife was killed -
Germany declares war on Russia
Her partial mobilization, Russia insisted, had been directed at Austria-Hungary -
germany invades nuetral beligum
Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium. -
the first British troops land in France
120,000 highly trained members of the regular British Army form the British Expeditionary Force -
Great Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary
Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the German -
Japan declares war on Germany.
a naval base on the coast of China, part of New Guinea, Samoa, and the Caroline, Marshall and Mariana Islands. -
the British navy takes an ¨L¨
Two British ships, the Monmouth and Good Hope, are sunk with no survivors -
Germany declares the waters surrounding British Isles
they want it to be a war zone in which ships can be sunk without warning. -
Deportation of Armenian intellectuals
was the Ottoman government's systematic extermination of 1.5 million -
allies sign the treaty of london
committing itself to enter World War I on the side of the Allies -
A German U-Boat torpedoes the British passenger
It sinks in 18 minutes, drowning 1,201 persons, including 128 Americans. -
Britannic sinks in Aegean Sea.
sister ship to the Titanic -
The British Army suffers the worst single-day death toll in its history
The British also attack in broad daylight, advancing in lines shoulder-to-shoulder only to be systematically mowed down by German machine-gunners -
the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border
was a minor British victory that ended the Sinai campaign of 1916 -
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The United States of America declares war on Germany.
Congress granted the request and the United States was formally at war with Germany -
the first American troops land in France.
it is not known if this footage is of the first landing; but it must be close to that date -
China declared war on Germany
China sought to regain control over the vital Shantung Peninsula and to reassert its strength before Japan -
The Rapallo Conference was convened by the Allied powers
was the following of the defeat by Germany at the Battle of Caporetto -
Fourteen Points
a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
