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1914
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June 28th
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Francis Ferdinand assassinated at
Sarajevo
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July 5th
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Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria
against Serbia
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July 28th
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Austria declared war on Serbia
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August 1st
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Germany declared war on Russia
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August 3rd
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Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium.
Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.
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August 4th
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Britain declared war on Germany
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August 23rd
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The BEF started its retreat from
Mons. Germany
invaded France.
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August 26th
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Russian army defeated at
Tannenburg and Masurian
Lakes.
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September 6th
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Battle of the Marne started
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October 18th
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First Battle of Ypres
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October 29th
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Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side.
Trench
warfare started to dominate the Western Front.
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1915
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January 19th
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The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place
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February 19th
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Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the
Dardanelles
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April 25th
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Allied troops landed in
Gallipoli
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May 7th
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The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat
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May 23rd
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Italy declared war on Germany and Austria
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August 5th
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The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians
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September 25th
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Start of the Battle of Loos
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December 19th
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The Allies started the evacuation of
Gallipoli
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1916
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January 27th
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Conscription introduced in Britain
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February 21st
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Start of the Battle of Verdun
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April 29th
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British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut
in Mesopotamia
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May 31st
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Battle of Jutland
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June 4th
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Start of the Brusilov
Offensive
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July 1st
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Start of the Battle of the Somme
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August 10th
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End of the Brusilov
Offensive
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September 15th
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First use en masse of tanks at the
Somme
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December 7th
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Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister
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1917
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February 1st
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Germany’s unrestricted
submarine warfare campaign
started
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April 6th
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USA declared war on Germany
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April 16th
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France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the
Western Front
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July 31st
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Start of the Third Battle at Ypres
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October 24th
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Battle of Caporetto – the Italian Army was heavily
defeated
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November 6th
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Britain launched a major offensive on the Western
Front
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November 20th
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British tanks won a victory at
Cambrai
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December 5th
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Armistice between Germany and Russia signed
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December 9th
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Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks
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1918
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March 3rd
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia
and Germany.
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March 21st
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Germany broke through on the Somme
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March 29th
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Marshall Foch was appointed Allied Commander on the
Western Front
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April 9th
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Germany started an offensive in Flanders
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July 15th
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Second Battle of the Marne started. The start of the
collapse of the German army
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August 8th
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The advance of the Allies was successful
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September 19th
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Turkish forces collapsed at Megiddo
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October 4th
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Germany asked the Allies for an armistice
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October 29th
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Germany’s navy mutinied
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October 30th
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Turkey made peace
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November 3rd
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Austria made peace
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November 9th
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Kaiser William II abdicated
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November 11th
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Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the
official date of the end of World War One.
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Post-war – 1919
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January 4th
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Peace conference met at Paris
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June 21st
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The surrendered German naval fleet at Scapa Flow was
scuttled.
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June 28th
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.
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