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Archduke Francis Ferdinand heir to the Austria-Hungary throne and his wife are assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist in Sarejevo.
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Australia's first shot in the war occurred on 5th August as Fort Nepean fired across the bows of the Pfalz, a German merchant ship trying to escape through Port Phillip Heads.
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Germany declares war;
-on Russia.
-on France
-on Neutral Beligum -
Russia loses the First Battle of Masurian Lakes. First Battle of Aisne begins.
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Turkey enters the war on the side of the Central Powers.
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France, Russia, Italy and Britain conclude secret Treaty of London.
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President Wilson sends notes to Secretary of War Garrison and Secretary of Navy Daniels directing them to draft a defense program.
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The Allies begin the withdrawal of troops from Gallipoli.
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The Battle of Verdun begins as the Germans launch a massive attack against Verdun in what will become the longest battle of the war.
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United States comes out of neutrality and declares war on Germany, thus entering the First World War.
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German-Russian armistice is signed by the new Russian government, represented by Leon Trotsky.
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A separate peace treaty is signed by Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey) at Brest-Litovsk.
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Germany begins negotiations for an armistice with the Allies in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne.
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Armistice day as fighting ceases at 11am - World War I ends. Central Powers are forced to annul the Brest-Litovsk Treaty.
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Start of peace negotiations in Paris.
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The Australian government banned immigration from Germany until 1925. In 1919 imports from Germany were banned for five years, though the ban was lifted two years before its expiry.
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