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Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo. this event was the event that started the 'Great War' also known as World War 1.
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Beginning of WW1
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Germany declared war on Russia
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Germany declares war on France and invalid Belgium
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Britain declares war on Germany.
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when Britian declared war on Germany on the 4th of August 1914 Australia also went to war being allies with Great Britian. Australia left and entered the war at the same time as our allies Britian. There were 331,781 people from Australia that served in the Great War. Out of that 331,781, 60,284 had past away and a total of 152,284 people were wounded.
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Battle of the Marne started
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First battle of Ypres
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Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side. Trench warfare dominating the western front.
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Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles
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allied Australian troops land in Gallipoli
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Australia mainly served in Gallipoli were they suffered horrific losses on the western front and middle eastern front. The reasoning for there war campaign was they were supporting there allies Britian who were involve in the war. Australias nature of warfare was Trench warfare. Australias effect on other countries and Australia was that it caused great depression and sorrow for all the lifes that had past away in this horrific war.
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Italy declared war on Germany and Austria.
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Germans capture Warsaw from the Russians
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start of the battle of Loos
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start of battle of Verdun
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battle of Jutland
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start of Brusilov offensive
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battle of Somme
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Australia suffer 5500 causalities over night
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end of the Brusilov offensive
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Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister
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USA declared war on Germany
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France launch a unsuccessful offensive on the western front
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Battle of Caporetto the Italian army was heavily defeated
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Britain launch major offensive on the western front
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armistice between Russia and Germany signed
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Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks
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the treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Germany and Russia
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Marshall Foch appointed commander on western front
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the advance of the Allies was successful
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Turkish forces collapsed at Megiddo
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World War 1 was over.Armistance signed declaring peace. A horrific war suffering from about 37 million casualties. 20 million wounded and 17 million past away.
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The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that occuried after World War 1. The treaty ended the state of war between Germany and Allied powers. The treaty was signed exactly 5 years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
