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Flanders was fought over from 1914 until nearly the end of the war.
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Austria declares war against Serbia. This event began the great war.
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Ottoman Germany alliance formed to provide Germany safe passage into neighbouring briitish colony
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The plan took advantage of Russia’s slowness and expected differences in the three countries speed in preparing for war.
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Britain join its French and Russian allies.
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Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign or the Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Canakkale took place at the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire (in modern day Turkey).
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A ten-month long battle between the German and French Armies.
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The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle of the war.
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The Battle of the Somme was a British and French offensive launched against invading German forces in the Somme portion of France along the Somme River.
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Tanks were used for the first time en masse. They were also used at the Battle of the Somme. Early tanks were fairly unreliable, as is almost any new technology, but they had a part in partially ending some of the madness of trench warfare.
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Strikes broke out across Russia against Czar Nicholas II. The revolution was largely because of the heavy loss of life during WWI.
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With the abdication of the czar, the short-lived Provisional Government came to power in Russia and attempted to form a republic.
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The USA declared war on Germany
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Italian forces were severely defeated at the Battle of Caporetto.
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British won a major victory at Cambrai with the use of tanks.
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Peace Treaty between Russia and Germany. The Communist Revolution overturned the monarchy and the Russians called for an end to the war.
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Czar Nicholas II, his wife, son and four daughters were all executed by the Bolsheviks after being imprisoned following his abdications. The Romanov dynasty officially and tragically ended.
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Turkey makes peace with all the other countries.
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Austria makes peace with all the other countries.
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Official end of WWI.
