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World War 1 (1914-1919)

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    World War 1

  • Roger Fry established the Omega Workshops

    Roger Fry established the Omega Workshops

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  • Great Britain declares war on Germany

  • The battle of Tannenberg begins

    The battle of Tannenberg begins

  • The battle of Ypres begins

  • Christmas Truce on the Western Front

  • German gas attack at Ypres

  • Sinking of Lusitania

    Sinking of Lusitania

  • Germans attack at Verdun

    Germans attack at Verdun

  • Start of the Battle of the Somme

  • First use of the tanks, in the Battle of the Somme

  • United States declares war on Germany

    United States declares war on Germany

  • King George V changes his name to Windsor

  • British attack at Passchendaele

  • Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates

  • Armistice

    Armistice

  • Paris Peace Conference

  • Treaty of Versailles signed

    Treaty of Versailles signed