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Allies naval attack on the Dardanelles
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Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
Italy entered the war on the side of the Allies, and the first person they attack is Austria-Hungary -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sopfia were gunned down in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The gunned was later idenitfied as Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian. -
Austria declares war on Serbia
The Austrian government blamed the Serbian government for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife and declared war on Serbia. Although Russia was allied with Serbia, Germany did not believe that they would mobilize and offered to support Austria if necessary. However, Russia did mobilize and, through their alliance with France, called on the French to mobilize. -
Germany declares war on Russia
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Germany declares war on France
Germany declared war on France. German troops marched into Belgium as a direct under the Schleiffen Plan. -
British declaration of war
Germany did not withdraw from Belgium and Britain declared war on Germany. -
Japan declares war on Germany
Japan declared war on Germany through her alliance with Great Britain, signed in 1902 -
Turkey aides Germany
Turkey entered the war on the side of the central powers and gave help to a German naval bombardment of Russia. -
Russia declares war on Turkey
Because of the help given by Turkey to the German attack of Russia, Russia declared war on Turkey. -
Britain and France declared war on Turkey
Britain and France, Russia's allies, declared war on Turkey, because of the help given to the German attack on Russia. -
President Wilson re-elected in USA
Woodrow Wilson is re-elected in the USA with a campaign slogan of "He kept us out of the war" -
Somme ending
Battle of the Somme ends. -
Conduction on Brittain
The First German airplane (as opposed to Zeppelin) air-raid is conducted on Britain. -
Proclaimed occupation
US occupation of Santa Domingo proclaimed. -
United States declare war on Germany
The United States of America declared war on Germany in response to the sinking, by German U boats, of US ships. -
Kerensky"s government overthrown
The Bolshevik overthrow the Kerensky's government and install of a Communist one under Lenin -
Ypress's third battle ends
British reach Passchendaele. Third Battle of Ypres ends. -
Surpise tank attack by brittain
Battle of Cambrai begins with a surprise tank attack by the British. -
Germany armies crumbling to pieces
The German fleet mutinies at Kiel. Trieste falls to the Allies as Austro-Hungary concludes an armistice -
The Fourteen Points
Allies accept the fourteen points. -
Negotiation begins for Germany
Germany begins negotiations for an armistice with the Allies in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne -
WW1 ends
Armistice day as fighting ceases at 11am - World War I ends. Central Powers are forced to annul the Brest-Litovsk Treaty. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on this day. It had stripped Germany's war making power, and making them sole responsible for the war.
