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Siege of Mora Mountain
German troops besiege Mora mountain for 18 months - surrenders to Allies.
Marks End of Cameroon campaign. -
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Battle for Lake Tanganyika
British transport to two motor boasts to Lake Tanganyika in Africa.
Strategic lake is taken from local German forces. -
Battle of Mojkovac
Austro-Hungarian troops attack Montenegro on the 5th January. The troops are delayed at the Battle of Mojkovac.
3 weeks later Montenegro is forced to surrender. -
Erzurum offensive
On the Caucasus Front, the Russians launch a surprise winter offensive against Ottoman Turkish forces.
Six weeks later, Russian troops occupy the city of Erzurum.
In April, they capture the Black Sea port of Trebizond. -
Battle of Verdun begins
On Western front, Germans offense on French fortress-town of Verdun. -
Germany declares war on Portugal
German's retaliation for Portugal co-operating with British. -
Lake Naroch offensive
On the Eastern Front, Russian launched an attack near Lake Naroch. -
Surrender of British Garrison at Kut
In the middle east, British forces surrender. -
Sykes - Picot agreement signed
British & France secretly sign the agreement, planning after the war to divide the Middle East into British & French zones of control. -
Battle of Asiago
On Italian front, Austro-Hungarian forces launch surprise attack at Asiago.
Italian forces give defences give way & Austro-Hungarian troops are poised to break through into northern Italy. -
Battle of Jutland
In North sea, German High Seas Fleet clashes with the British Grand fleet. -
Brusilov offensive
On Eastern front, Russians advance through enemy lines being successful yet costly. -
H.M.S Hampshire sunk
At sea on route to Russia
650 dead among Britain's iconic representive. -
Principle Umberto sunk
Italian troop ship sunk by German submarine.
1,900 lives lost - one of the deadliest sinking of the war -
Battle of Mecca
Sherif of Mecca, leads Arabs in revolt against Turkish Ottoman rule and his forces seize control of the holy city. -
Battle of somme begins
On Western Front, British & France launch major attack. -
Romanian joins Allies & offensive into Transylvania
Romania quickly advances into Transylvania however countered by German, Bulgarian & Austro-Hungarian. -
End of battle of Verdun
On Western Front, attack at Verdun is called off by General von Falkenhayn. -
Monastir offensive
Prevents breakthrough of Bulgarian
Allied forces at Salonika support Romania -
7th battle of Isonzo
Italian against Austro-Hungarian positions for 7th,8th,9th battle.
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Battle of Flers
British introduce new weapon - Tank
Too few in number with prone to mechanical failure to make impact. -
Brusilov offensive ends
Both sides suffer heavy losses -
8th battle of Isonzo
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9th battle of Isonzo
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Battle of the somme war ends
Allies have advanced at cost of 650,000 casualties
German losses are 450,000