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The Russians appealed for help from Britain and France to beat off an attack by the Turkish. The British navy responded by attacking Turkish forts in the Dardenelles.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles
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Zeppelin airships dropped bombs on Yarmouth.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Zeppelin+bombing&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
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Winston Churchill, critical of the Dardenelles campaign, resigned his post as First Lord of the Admiralty. He rejoined the army as a battalion commander.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Winston+Churchill+resigns&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
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Despite the loss of several ships to mines, the British successfully landed a number of marines in the Gallipoli region of the Dardenelles. Unfortunately the success was not followed up and the mission was a failure.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Dardenelles%2F+Gallipoli&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
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Poison gas was used for the first time during this battle. The gas, fired by the Germans claimed many British casualties.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Ypres
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There outraged protests from the United States at the German U-boat campaign, when the Lusitania, which had many American passengers aboard, was sank. The Germans moderated their U-boat campaign.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Lusitania+sunk&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
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Italy entered the war on the side of the Allies.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy
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The Balkan states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, had been annexed from Turkey and taken into the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This was strongly resented by many Serbs and Croats and a nationalist group, The Black Hand, was formed.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife, had decided to inspect Austro-Hungarian troops in Bosnia. The date chosen for the inspection was a national day in Bosnia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand -
The Austrian government blamed the Serbian government for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife and declared war on Serbia.
Although Russia was allied with Serbia, Germany did not believe that she would mobilise and offered to support Austria if necessary. However, Russia did mobilise and, through their alliance with France, called on the French to mobilise.Austria declared war on Serbia -
Germany declared war on Russia.
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The Russian army marched into Prussia. However, because of the differences in railway gauge between Russia and Prussia it was difficult for the Russians to get supplies through to their men. The Germans, on the other hand, used their railway system to surround the Russian Second army at Tannenberg before it’s commander could realise what was happening.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tannenberg
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Germany declared war on France. German troops poured into Belgium as directed under the Schleiffen Plan, drawn up in 1905. The British foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, sent an ultimatum to Germany demanding their withdrawal from the neutral Belgium.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Germany+declared+war+on+France&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
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Germany did not withdraw from Belgium and Britain declared war on Germany.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=British+declaration+of+war&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
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Japan declared war on Germany through her alliance with Great Britain, signed in 1902https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Japan+declared+war+on+Germany&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
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Having defeated the Russian Second army, the Germans turned their attention to the Russian First army at Masurian Lakes. Although the Germans were unable to defeat the army completely, over 100,000 Russians were taken prisoner.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Masurian_Lakes
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Turkey entered the war on the side of the central powers and gave help to a German naval bombardment of Russia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey
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Because of the help given by Turkey to the German attack of Russia, Russia declared war on Turkey.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Russia+declared+war+on+Turkey&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
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Britain and France, Russia’s allies, declared war on Turkey, because of the help given to the German attack on Russia.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Britain+and+France+declared+war+on+Turkey&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
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The first Zeppelins appeared over the English coast.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin
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The German advance through Belgium to France did not go as smoothly as the Germans had hoped. The Belgians put up a good fight destroying railway lines to slow the transport of German supplies.
Despite a French counter-attack that saw the deaths of many Frenchmen on the battlefields at Ardennes, the Germans continued to march into France.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Early+stages+of+the+war&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
