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assassination
Arch duke Franz Ferdinand assassinated, he was shot. -
WAR!
Austria-Hungary declares war against Serbia. -
Germany is in!
declares war on Russia. All of Europe is up in arms. -
Germany vs France
Germany Declares War on France to Start World War I -
British are now in France
The first British troops land in France. The 120,000 highly trained members of the regular British Army form the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) commanded by Field Marshal John French. -
GB & France vs Germany
Great Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary. Serbia is invaded by Austria-Hungary. -
Battle of Mons
first confrontation on European soil since the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, four divisions of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), commanded by Sir John French, struggle with the German 1st Army over the 60-foot-wide Mons Canal in Belgium, near the French frontier. -
German-British naval battle at Coronel, Chile
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Waters are a war zone
Germany declared the waters about the British Isles a "war zone" -
Red Sunday
Jews were arrested and moved to two holding facilities. -
Allies Sign Treaty of London
after receiving the promise of significant territorial gains, Italy signs the Treaty of London, committing itself to enter World War I on the side of the Allies. -
German submarine sinks Lusitania
the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. -
Battle of the Somme
battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire. -
HMHS Britannic sinks
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the Battle of Rafa
occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine. -
February revolution
1st major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd -
US enter WW1
War on Germany -
The first American troops land in France.
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China declares war on Germany & Austria
China enters war -
Western Front
Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time -
14 points
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
