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assasination of franz ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife, Sophie, were shot dead in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six assassins (five Serbs and one Bosnian Muslim), coordinated by Danilo Ilić. -
Uk declares war on Germany
The United Kingdom declares war on Germany, after Germany invades Belgium.Prime Minister Chamberlain went to the airwaves to announce to the British people that a state of war existed between their country and Germany. World War II had begun.Unfortunately Chamberlain's action was little help to the Poles. German troops advanced steadily. -
Simpsons Donkey
James Simpson Kirkpatrick enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces. Simpson became famous for his work as a stretcher-bearer. Using one of the donkeys brought in for carrying water, he transported wounded men day and night from the fighting in Monash Valley to the beach on Anzac Cove. . -
Australian forces captured some German settlements
Australian forces captured some German settlements and possetions in new guinea, nauru, samoa and the solomon islands -
Messines
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Villers Bretonneux
The Battle of Villers Bretonneux took place on the Western front. Australian troops had 665 casualties. -
ANZACS train in Egypt
The first Australian and New Zealand troops headed for Egypt. Here, they spent a scant three or four months in training. They were formed into an army corps and given the name ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps). -
Christmas Truce
unofficial christmas truce is declared -
The Second Battle of Ypres
The Second Battle of Ypres begins. It is during this battle that the Germans first use poison gas. -
Gallipoli
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ANZAC fight
Between April and December 1915, the Anzacs fought together at Gallipoli, in Turkey. -
Franco-British Agreement
France and England agree to go on the offensive at Somme. The allied forces discuss their strategy against the central powers. The Allies included Britian, France, Italy and Russia. The Somme Offensive was the Franco-Bitish contribution to this plan. -
Battle of Verdun
Germany waged an attack on Meuse which forced France to divert some of its forces from the battle of Somme. This made the Bitish forces become the most prominent force at Somme. -
The plan of the battle of Somme
The plan was agreed upon by the new British Commander in Chief, Sir Douglas Haig, although Haig would have preferred an offensive among the open ground of Flanders. The Allies agreed upon a strategy of combined offensives against the Central Powers in 1916, by the French, Russian, British and Italian armies, with the Somme offensive as the Franco-British contribution. This criticism was based on the appalling casualty figures suffered by the British and the French. By the end of the battle, th -
ANZACs on the Western Front
Following the failure of the Gallipoli campaign, the Anzac troops were moved to the Western Front, the long battlefield which stretched over 760 kilometres from the English Channel to the Swiss border. They fought here from March 1916 to November 1918. -
Somme
British military manpower available for the Western Front is increasing ... although the supply of munitions is not yet keeping pace ...The British Fourth Army is formed... The intelligence about German dispositions that Fourth Army had available to them..,.Rawlinson reports back to Haig... Haig thinks Rawlinson too cautious and expands the plan ...Fourth Army staff turns plan into detailed orders...No attempt and secrecy or deception ...The tactical objectives are finalised -
The battle of somme
The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme, German: Schlacht an der Somme) It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the River Sommein France. The battle was one of the largest of World War I, in which more than 1,000,000 menwere wounded or killed, making it one of humanity'sbloodiest battles famous chiefly on account of the loss of 58,000 British troops (one third of them killed) on the first day of the battle, 1 July 1916, -
Consequences of the battle of the Somme
At home, there was grief and horror. A propaganda film – designed to encourage support for the war by showing the public what the men were going through – Soldiers were shot for ‘cowardice’, but bravery was pointless. Only on 18 November, as winter set in, did the battle grind to a halt. Bapaume had not been captured. Only 6 miles of ground had been taken. The final casualties were: British 415,000, French 195,000, Germans perhaps 600,000. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico in an effort to entice Mexico to join the war. The British intercept and decipher the coded message. -
Bullecourt
It look place in a village in northern France and 3,000 Australian troops died in this battle.
The attack was hastily planned and mounted and resulted in disaster. Tanks which were supposed to support the attacking Australian infantry either broke down or were quickly destroyed. Nevertheless, the infantry managed to break into the German defences. -
The Battle of Passchendaele
The Battle of Passchendaele (or Third Battle of Ypres or cwas a campaign of the First World War, fought by the British and their allies against the German Empire. The battle took place on the Western Front, between July and November 1917, for control of the ridges south and east of the Belgian city of Ypres in West Flanders, -
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk,
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, which is a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers. -
Germany signs the armistice at Compiegne
Germany signs the armistice at Compiegne, France. Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month (i.e. 11 a.m. on November 11). -
fight against Turkey in Palestine and Syria.
Australian troops also fought against Turkey in Palestine and Syria. -
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919,
