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Fighting begins when the Japanese attack the Russian fleet at Port Arthur. http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm
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Port Arthur Surrenders [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The Treaty of Portsmouth ends the conflict [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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American forces land and occupy Vera Cruz [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The conflict begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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British forces join the fray at the Battle of Mons [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The Germans win a stunning victory at the Battle of Tannenberg [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The Royal Navy wins the Battle of Heligoland Bight [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Allied forces hold at the First Battle of Ypres [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Vice Admiral Maximilian von Spee's German East Asia Squadron wins the Battle of Coronel. [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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HMAS Sydney defeats SMS Emden at the Battle of Cocos [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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German warships raid Scarborough, Hartlepool, and Whitby [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The Christmas Truce begins along parts of the Western Front [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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British forces take heavy losses during the Battle of Loos [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The forces of Pancho Villa raid across the border and burn Columbus, NM http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm
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British Commonwealth forces win the Battle of Magdhaba in the Sinai Desert [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The United States enters the war [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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General John J. Pershing arrives in England to take command of US forces in Europe [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Italian troops are routed at the Battle of Caporetto [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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General Sir Edmund Allenby wins the Third Battle of Gaza [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government, beginning the Russian Civil War {http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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President Woodrow Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points to Congress [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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US Marines win the Battle of Belleau Wood [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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British forces crush the Ottomans at the Battle of Megiddo [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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An armistice is concluded ending World War I in a victory for the Allies. [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The Treaty of Versailles officially ends the war [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Fighting ends with the Red capture of Vladivostok collapse of the Provisional Priamur Government. [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm] It made me put a "day" actual date was just June 1923
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The Long March retreat begins with Chinese Communists marching approx. 8,000 miles over 370 days.
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Fighting ends with the capture of Addis Ababa and the Italian annexation of the country. [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The conflict begins following an attempted coup d'état by Nationalists forces. [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Republican forces are defeated at the Battle of El Mazuco [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Nationalist forces crush the final Republican resistance ending the war [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Nazi Germany invades Poland beginning World War II [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Fighting between the Soviet Union and Finland begins when Russian troops cross the border following the faked shelling of Mainila [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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British and German naval forces fight the Battle of the River Plate [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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British and German forces violated Norwegian neutrality in the Altmark Incident [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The Moscow Peace Treaty ends the war in the Soviet's favor [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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After a six-week campaign, Germany defeats France and forces the British to evacuate from Dunkirk [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Operation Sea Lion, the German invasion of Britain, is indefinitely postponed [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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German forces win the Battle of Greece
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HMS Hood is sunk at the Battle of the Denmark Strait[http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Following aerial attacks from HMS Ark Royal and fire from British battleships, the German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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German forces invade the Soviet Union opening the Eastern Front [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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German forces conduct the Siege of Leningrad but fail to capture the city[http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Japan wins the Battle of Wake Island
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Allied forces conduct the defense of Batann [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The Japanese win the Battle of Singapore
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The Allies are defeated at the Battle of the Java Sea [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Japanese forces conduct the Indian Ocean Raid [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The planes of the Doolittle Raid bomb Japan [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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US forces turn back the Japanese advance against Port Moresby at the Battle of the Coral Sea. Fought entirely at aircraft, it was first naval battle in which the opposing ships never sighted each other. [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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US and Filipino forces surrender after the Battle of Corregidor [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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General Erwin Rommel wins the Battle of Gazala [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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The US Pacific Fleet defeats the Japanese at the Battle of Midway, turning the tide in the Pacific [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Axis forces are halted at the First Battle of El Amamein [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Allied forces go on the offensive in the Pacific by landing on Guadalcanal [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]
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Japanese naval forces win the Battle of Savo Island [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/timeline/a/20thcentime.htm]