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Battle of Tannenberg
The Russian army marched into Prussia. However, because of the differences in railway gauge between Russia and Prussia, it was difficult for the Russians to get supplies through to their men. -
Zeppelins
Appeared over the English coast -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife had decided to inspect Austro-Hungarian troops in Bosnia -
Germany declared war on Russia
Germany declared war on Russia. -
Germany declared war on France
German troops poured into Belgium as directed under the Schlieffen Plan, drawn up in 1905. -
Japan declared war on Germany
Japan declared war on Germany through her alliance with Great Britain, signed in 1902 -
Austria declared war on Serbia
The Austrian government blamed the Serbian government for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife and declared war on Serbia. -
Turkey
Turkey entered the war on the side of the central powers -
Britain and France declared war on Turkey
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Winston Churchill resigns
Winston Churchill, of the Dardanelles campaign, resigned his post as First Lord of the Admiralty. https://spartacus-educational.com/FWWchronology.htm -
Zeppelin bombing
Zeppelin airships dropped bombs on Yarmouth. https://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html -
Italy
Italy entered the war on the side of the Allies. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history -
Romania enter the war
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Winston Churchill
Churchill served in Belgium as lieutenant colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. -
Battle of Verdun
The Germans planned an attack on the French at Verdun designed to ‘bleed the French dry’. -
Battle of the Somme
The battle was forced by a week-long artillery bombardment of the German line -
First Aeroplane raid
The Germans prayed that by making invades on London and the South East, the British Air Force would be forced into guarding the home front better than attacking the German air force. -
New war commander
Lloyd George, who had never trusted his war minister’s skills to lead the war, convinced the Cabinet to let the French General Nivelle as supreme war commander over Haig’s head. -
Churchill Minister of Munitions
after the heavy loss at Passchendale, Lloyd George made the decision that he wanted Churchill in the Cabinet. -
German U-boat campaign
All allied or neutral ships were told to be sunk on sight and in one month almost a million tons of shipping was sunk.
