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Austria invades Serbia. Threatened by Serbian ambition in the tumultuous Balkans region of Europe, Austria-Hungary determined that the proper response to the assassinations was to prepare for a possible military invasion of Serbia
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August 1 Germany declares war on Russia. August 3 Germany declares war on France.
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German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France.
Great Britain declares war on Germany. As a colony of Britain, Canada
is now at war. Prime Minister Robert Borden calls for a supreme
national effort to support Britain, and offers assistance. Canadians
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France and Britain declare war on Austria.
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The two huge armies are deadlocked along a 600-mile front of
trenches in Belgium and France. For four years, there is little change.
Attack after attack fails to cross enemy lines, and the toll in human
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German´s gas useThe Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use poison gas and break a hole
through the long line of Allied trenches. Death tolls are rising steadily
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Allied forces move forward only six miles, and suffer 600,000 deaths,
of which 24,029 are Canadians. 236,000 Germans are killed; they
refer to this battle as das Blutbad — the blood bath. In this battle, Canadians become known as a strong force in the war. -
submarinesGermany begins all-out submarine warfare to control the North
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United states declares war on Germany
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Canadian troops succeed in taking control of Vimy Ridge, a very strong
German position in France with a high slope and a system of trenches
and tunnels heavily protected by barbed wire and German artillery. No
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http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/ww1-western-front.htm The Allied forces advance steadily on the Western Front. This period
has come to be known as "The Last Hundred Days,” in which Canadian
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