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Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo. Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
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Mobilisation against Serbia
Austro-Hungarian Government order Partial Mobilisation as against Serbia Mobilisation against Serbia
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Germany declare war on Russia
German Government order General Mobilisation and declare war on Russia Germany declare war on Russia
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Great Britain declare war on Germany
Great Britain declare war on Germany on August 4th 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany. It was a decision that is seen as the start of World War One. Britain, led by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, had given Germany an ultimatum to get out of Belgium by midnight of August 3rd. Great Britain declare war on Germany
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Financial resources
British, French and Russian Governments agree to pool their financial resources
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Battle of Neuve Chapelle
Battle of Neuve Chapelle was originally intended to comprise part of a wider Allied offensive in the Artois region. Battle of Neuve Chapelle
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John Nixon
General Sir John Nixon appointed Cormmander-in-Chief British Forces in Mesopotamia
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War on Portugal
Germany declares war on Portugal, who earlier that year honored its alliance with Great Britain by seizing German ships anchored in Lisbon's harbor. War on Portugal
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Allied Conference
Inter-Allied Conference in Paris. Declaration of Unity between Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Russia, and Serbia regarding military, economic, and diplomatic affairs, drawn up.
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United States of America declare war on Germany
President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany.
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Paul Frank Baer
He joined the 103nd Aero Squadron, Air Force in World War One.First Lieutenant Paul Frank Baer was the first flying ace in the history of American military aviation, credited with nine confirmed and seven unconfirmed aerial victories in World War I. He also scored the first aerial victory ever for an American military unit.
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Cuba and Panama declare war on Germany.
Cuba and Panama declare war on Germany.Cuba and Panama declare war on Germany.Eight of the twenty Latin-American nations—Brazil, Cuba, Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Haiti, and Honduras declared war on Germany, the last five having entered the struggle after April, 1918. Four republics severed diplomatic
relations with the German Empire—Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, and Ecuador.
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Pope asks for peace
On 1 August 1917 Pope Benedict XV issued a seven-point peace plan to each of the belligerent nations. Ignored by most powers, only Austria-Hungary regarded it with any degree of seriousness.
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United States of America declare war on Austria-Hungary
The United States later declared war on Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. United States of America declare war on Austria-Hungary
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Paul Frank Baer
On March 11, 1918, he attacked, alone, a group of seven enemy pursuit machines, destroying one which fell near the French lines northeast of Reims, France.
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He was awarded a bronze oak leaf for the following acts of extraordinary heroism in action: He brought down enemy planes on April 5
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In May 21, 1918, he destroyed his eighth enemy plane. Paul Frank Baer Paul Frank Baer -
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Paul Frank Baer fell 15,000 feet, plane crashing through trees and he ended being captured by the Germans
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Armistice
armisticeArmisticeThe armistice between the Allies and Germany – known as the Armistice of Compiègne after the location it was signed – was the agreement that ended the fighting in western Europe that comprised the First World War. It went into effect at 11 a.m. Paris time on November 11, 1918, and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not formally a surrender. The Germans were responding to the policies proposed by American president Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Points of -
Treaty of Versailles
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris Treaty of Versailles
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