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Germany sends zeppelins to bomb Britain, hitting port of King's lyne and Great Yarmouth.
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British navy sinks one German cruiser and the others escape.
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On Eastern Front, German Field Marshal von Hindenburg launches a winter offensive and inflicts a defeat on Russians.
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British & French send warships to Dardanelles threaten Constantinople. (Capital of Turkish Ottoman empire) They bombard Turkish shore font however lose 3 battleships by mines & 3 damaged. The attack was called off.
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On the western front, British advanced at Neuve chapelle. Germans had halted the British by barbed wire & machineguns.
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Russian have success against Austria-Hungary after a 4 month siege.
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Chemical arms race begins.
In the Western front, Germans use chlorine gas for the first time on British.
British force to abandon trenches -
Ottoman empire begins murder of Armenians living within their borders.
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Allies (ANZAC & Army corps land infantry at Gallipoli.
Goal to take out shore forts preventing the allied warships reaching Constantinople. -
British passenger liner is torpedoed by German U boat of coast of Ireland without warning.
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Allies launch Second battle of Artois to break through the German lines.
French attack at Vimy Ridge
British launch supporting attacks at Aubers Ridge & Festubert -
On Eastern Front, joint German/Austro-Hungarian offensive in Galicia breaks through Russian defences.
Recaptures Przyemsl & takes 100,000 prisoners. -
Italian's first assault against Austro- Hungarian positions along the Isonzo river.
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German troops enter Warsaw.
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Reinforcements are landed on Gallipoli at Suvla Bay.
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In the Atlantic , German U boat sinks liner S.s Arabic.
After further US warnings, Germany ends all attacks on passenger ships. -
On Western Front, Allies use biggest offensive of the war to smash through front and take pressure of Russian ally.
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Allied troops land at Salonika in Greece, to open a new front against the Central Power and bring aid to Serbia. However the Allies were to late as Bulgaria joins the Central Powers and thier joint offensive overruns Serbia in 2 months.
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Italian troops launch 3rd battle of Isonzo.
Austro-Hungarian forces are outnumbered. -
Italians troops launch 4th battle of Isonzo.
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In Middle East, British advanced is blocked by Turkish forces at the Battle of Ctestiphon. The British withdraw to Kut, where they are besieged.
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83,000 troops secretly evacuate without alerting Turkish forces.
Not one man is lost.