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  Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination
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  The Austrian government blamed the Serbian government for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife and declared war on Serbia.
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  The British foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, sent an ultimatum to Germany demanding their withdrawal from the neutral Belgium
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  Britain and France, Russia's allies, declared war on Turkey, because of the help given to the German attack on Russia.
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  Japan makes 21 demands on China
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  The Russians appealed for help from Britain and France to beat off an attack by the Turkish. The British navy responded by attacking Turkish forts in the Dardenelles.
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  Italy entered the war on the side of the Allies.
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  German forces, confined to port by a British naval blockade, came out in the hope of splitting the British fleet and destroying it ship by ship.
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  The United States of America declared war on Germany in response to the sinking, by German U boats, of US ships
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  At 11 am, in the French town of Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing the war to an end.