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Assasination of Austria - Hungary's heir
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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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Great Britain Declares war on Germany
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia
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Serbia declares war on Germany
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Neutrality declared by America
President Woodrow Wilson declares America's neutrality -
Battle of Tannenberg Begins
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First Battle of Marne Begins
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Unofficial Christmas Truce
Soldiers from both sides met up in no mans land and celebrated christmas -
Dardenelles Campaign begins
Dardanelles: the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks -
Second battle of Ypres begins
Germans first use poisonous gas in this battle -
Lusitania is sunk
British ship Lusitania is sunk by german u-boat 20 -
Battle of Verdun begins
The longest battle and one of the bloodiest -
Tanks are introduced in Battle of Somme
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Zimmerman note is intercepted by the British
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America declares war on Germany
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Bolsheviks successfully overthrow Russian government
" The Bolsheviks were originally a faction of the Russian Social and Democratic Labour Party - a Marxist, communist party. They split with the rest of the party over minor procedural differences, and the division crystallised into a a permanent split in 1912. The other faction were known as the Mensheviks. Bolshevik means majority, Menshevik means minority. They were led by Vladimir Lenin and they seized power in the October Revolution of 1917." (http://www.marxist.com/) -
Fourteen Points of Peace
President Woodrow Wilson issues his fourteen points of peace. -
Treaty is issued between Russia and Central Powers
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Red Baron is shot down
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Second Battle of Marne Begins
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German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees Germany.
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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). -
WWI ends with Treaty of Versailles
