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Assassination of the Archduke
The Black Hand wanted to end the heir of Ferdinand ( the Archduke) so the Black Hand send some hitmen to kill Ferdinand. -
Austria-Hungary demands Serbia to arrest the Black Hand
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Germany declares war on France
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Moltke orders the Schlieffen Plan to proceed
Schlieffen's plan involved using 90% of Germany's armed forces to attack France. Fearing the French forts on the border with Germany, Schlieffen suggested a scythe-like attack through Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. -
Great Britain declares war on Germany
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Lord Kitchener calls for 100,000 men to join British
began a recruiting campaign by calling for men aged between 19 and 30 to join the British Army. At first this was very successful with an average of 33,000 men joining every day. Three weeks later Kitchener raised the recruiting age to 35 and by the middle of September over 500,000 -
Austro-Hungarian troops invade Serbia
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British Expeditionary Force arrives in France
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French troops attack German Army at the River Aisne
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First German aircraft shot down by Allied plane
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Canadian Troops arrive in Britain
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Italy declares War on Austria-Hungary
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Germany declares war on Portugal
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Addition of War Tank
The first tanks were British and they went into action against the Germans on Sep.15,1916 -
United States declares war on Germany
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Greece declares war on The Central Powers
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Trench Warfare
Trench Warfare prevailed on the Western Front from the late 1914 until the Germans launched their Spring Offensive -
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.