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Heir to the Austrian throne killed in Sarajevo along with his wife Dutchess Sophia by Bosnian serb Gavrilo Princip
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Austria,-Hungaria declares war on Serbia
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Germany declares war on Russia. Germany and Ottoman Empire sign a secret alliance treaty
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Skirmish at Joncherey first military action of WW1
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Germany declares war on Serbia
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Battle of the Frontiers. The Germans obtain a victory over the British and French Armies. Aug 7 - September13 the battle took place.
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A day later the UK declares war on Austria-Hungary
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Russian army defeated by German army. Battle Aug. 23-30th
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German advance of Paris halted
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The Germans are prevented from reaching Calais and Dunkirk
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German cruiser squadron defeated by Royal Navy
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In some sectors of the Western an unofficial Christmas truce is observed between German and British forces
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As well as ---- Battle of Hartmannswillerkoef - Series of Battles to control the peak.
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Battle between squadrons of the British Grand Fleet & the German Hochseeflotte (German Navy)
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British & French navel attack on the Dardanelles.
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Took place April 22 - May 25. First action for the Canadian Army. First use of Chlorine gas by the Germans.
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Allied landing at Anzac Cove & Cape Helles
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British line Lusitania sunk by U-boat
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Battle will last from the 25th of September to November 6th, 1915. German victory
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Douglas Haig replaces John French as the commander of the BEF.
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The Gallipoli Campaign ends in Allied Defeat, an Ottaman Victory.
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Battle lasts from Feb 21 to Dec 20, 1916. Ends in French Victory.
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Will rescind order on May 10, 1916
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Battle between British Grand Fleet & Germanys High Seas Fleet. British Victory
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Battle will last from July 1 to nov. 18th, 1916
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Last Offensive of the Battle of the Somme - First time in history that Armored Tanks are used
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Enormous British Casualties & no clear victor.
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The British attack German line without obtaining any strategic breakthru. Battle will last until the 13th of May.
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Canadians obtain significant victory in the Battle. Part of the 1st phase of 2nd Battle of Arras
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Battle lasts from July 31 to Nov 10, 1917. Includes all members of the Commonwealth as well as the France & Belgium
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The Bolsheviks sieze power resulting in Russias withdrawal from WW1 on Dec 16, 1917.
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Ended in 1920.
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Part of the German Spring Offensive
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Last Offensive on the Western Front - will last until Nov. 11, 1918
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The US Military under French Command assaultes a German position northeast of Reims. Allied Victory
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3 Days after Armistice is signed fighting in the East African Theatre ends. German high seas fleet surrenders to the UK. 11 Days after agreeing to cease fire General von Lettow-Vorbeck surrenders his undefeated army.
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The peace conference opens in Paris, France. Probably the main cause of WW2
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Prohibition lasted from Jan 17, 1920 to March 22, 1933
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16 million shares traded as panic spread through out the stock market. Beginning of the dirty thirties & the Great Depression.
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Fascism-all over the world people volunteer to defent Spain from fascism.
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Nazi rule - Hilter in power for 4 years
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Adolf Hilter's annex is the Sudentland, March of 1939 Hitler Annexs the rest of Czecholavakia
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign nonaggression pact and agree to slice up Poland
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Start of WWII
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Royal Navy and civil vessels evacate the BEF from Dunkirk and France.
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224,686 british soliders and 121,445 French and Belgium troops evacuated
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Battleship USS Arizona is sunk along with 1 other battleships, 2 Battleships sunk but later recovered with total loss of life at 2,403 killed.
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Battle ends in an American victory over the Japanese Imperial Navy.
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He was being driven to his home when ambushed by 2 Czech soilders. They managed to fatally wound him before being forced to retreat & go into hiding. Days later after many Czech citizens were tortured & killed the soilders were betrayed by one of their own compatriats who hoped for clemancy for his family. Needless to say the assassians were killed by the German forces.
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Ends in an American Victory with only the loss of the USS Yorktown which had been previously damaged at the Battle of the Coral Sea. IN comparison the Japanase Navy lost 4 Aircraft Carriers, the Hiryu, Soryu, Akagi, Kaga. This battle effectively destroyed the Japanese Naval strength, they were on the defensive now.
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The creation of atamic bombs to be used in the War. It was lead by the US with help from the UK & Canada.
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Guadalcanal & 3 other Japanese held islands are invaded by US forces specially the US Marine Corp. This gives the Americans a taste of what the fighting will be like during future campaigns against the Japanese.
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A raid by British & Canadian forces on Deippe, France ends in disaster. Many are captured or killed by the German defenders.
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This battle will end in a decisive Soviet Victory, it is considered the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front by many. Casualties for the Axis forces number approximately 850000 soldiers. The USSR lost a total of 1,129,619 casualties not all of which were military personnel.
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US fleet intercepts & destroys Japanese fleet on its way to provide reinforcments to their soldiers.
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British forces begin to push Rommels forces back into Libya.
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American Navy has only 1 major Aircraft Carrier in the Pacific, the USS Enterprise left. Battle ends in US Victory. Japanese losses include 99 aircraft destroyed, 500 dead.
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The Allied invasion of French North Africa. Allied forces land on the West Coast of French North Africa & begin to push Rommel from the west. Rommel is trapped between the British forces under Montgomery & the American/British forces under Eisinhour.
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Aimed at encirciling the Germanys surrounding Stalingrad cutting them off from resupply & reenforcements,
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Over 1/2 million German soldiers captured of which only 1/4 will return to Germany due to poor/horrific conditions of POW camps.
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Ultimately unsuccessful leaving 13,000 Jewish people dead & 5685 Jewish people deported to various concentration camps.
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Members of Calcutta Light Horse carry out a covert attack on Germany Merchant ships which have been transmitting Allied positions to U-Boats. The Calcutta Light Horse traveled from India to Goa a Portugal territory to stage their raid.
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76 Allied POWs escape from Stalag Luft 3. 73 POWS were later recaptured - 50 were executed by the SS, 23 were sent back to prisioner of war camps, 3 escaped to freedom.
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Soviets battle Germany forces at Kursk for control of the offensive.
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American forces along with British & Commonwealth forces invade the island of Sicily.
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Largest tank battle in human history, part of the Battle of Kursk. It ends in a stalemate between the Soviets & Germans
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US forces led by General Geroge S Patton take Palermo, Italy
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Mainland Italy is invaded by the Allied Forces
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Led by Polish Prisioner Leon Feldhendler & Soviet Alexander Pechersky succeed in killing 11 SS Officiers until discovered. Approximately 300 of the 600 multinational prisioners escaped to the forest under heavy fire
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The US Marines & the Japanese Imperial Navy & Army. The Battle will last for 3 days resulting in a US victory. US Casualties 3797, Japanese casualties 4,869
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British 10 corps attacks along the Gariglano River at the Western end of the Gustaf line - a German defensive line in the mountains of Italy.
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The landings at Anzio, Italy by Allied troops. The Allies hope to break out of the stalemate in Southern Italy but are unable to break out from the beachhead.
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The Battle begins with the destruction of the historic Benedictine Monestary on Monte Cassino by the Allied Bombing.
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The small town of Cassino is destroyed by Allied Bombers.
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Forces led by General Anders of the 2nd Polish Corp.
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The Allies finally take Monte Cassino. Troops of the 2nd Polish Corp. led by General Anders capture Monte Cassino. German troops in western Italy have withdrawn to the Hitler line
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By the 25 of May Allied forces link up with Allied forces pushing from Southern Italy.
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German troops fall back to the Trasimene line
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Combined forces fo British, Canadian & American land the beaches of Normandy, France.
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The US Navy has a decisive victory over Japan.
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The port facilities have been heavily damaged by German forces.
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Allied forces are slowed by the agricultural hedgerows in western France.
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British Commonwealth forces liberate Caen, France.
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The Allied breakout from the hedgerows begins in Normandy
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A plot to asassinate Hitler is carried out by German Officiers, sadly it failed resulting in all of the plotters deaths.
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Led by the Polish Home Army begins. They expect aid from the advancing Soviet Army which never came resulting in loss of life & they didn't win.
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DeGaulle & the Free French Forces proudly parade down the Champs de Elysees.
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The attempt to liberate Arnhem, Netherlands.
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British troops pull out of Arnhem. Over 6,000 Allied paratroopers captured by Germans. Hopes of an early end to the War are abandoned
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Canadian troops take Calis
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Rommel commits suicide to save his family from Hitlers retaliations for his supposed connection with the July 20ths plotters to take Hitliers life
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German forces attempt to breakout in the Ardenes region which ultimately ends in failure for the Germans. Allied forces dig in & repulse the Germans.
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A government favorable to the Soviet Communist is installed by the Soviets.
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Only battle in which the American casualties are larger than the Japanese.
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Allied forces horrified by what they discover.
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1st contact between Soviet & American troops on the Elba River in Germany
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Hitler, Eva Braun commit suicide. Admiral Karl Donitz made Reich President
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Soviet forces capture the Reichstag installing a Soviet Flag & the German commanders surrender Berlin
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Germany surrenders to the Allied forces.
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B-29 Bomber drops Nuclear bomb on Hiroshima code name Little Boy
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2nd Atpmic weapon dropped on Nagasaki code name Fat Man
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Emperor Hirohito surrenders Japan & tells his people with a radio announcement. He issues an Imperial Rescript ordering Japanese forces to cease fire. General MacArthur takes command of the Japanese Govt. in Tokyo.
