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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinatedin Sarajevo. This sparks world war 1.
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Russia movs its huge army to go against Austria-Hugary to help there allies Siberia.
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Germany invades Belgium
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Germany fires Chlorine gas filled shells at allied lines. This being the first time that large amounts of gas is used for warfare.
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In the morning they were given one small cup of water to clean there dishes and wash there dishes.
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John Joseph Brennan only served for 2 years.
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Most of the work they did was at night. They were lucky if they got more than 3 or 4 hours of free time. If the infantry and the engineers were on the move so were they. Someties they went day and night.
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During the war in France John was paired with a man named Eugene Boyce.
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A soldier posed with a Hythe MK3 Machine Gun in Ellington Field, Houston Texas.
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300,000 american soldiers throw themselves into German lines.
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An Armistice was signed ending the fight on the westrn front
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It was not until 1918 that the military used fighter planes and massive bombs, equipped with machine guns and devestating explosives these were alot of help
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Bombers usualy carried about 2,000 Ibs of bombs
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A German air balloon being shot down
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A Farman airplane with rockets attached to it.
