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Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy form the Triple Alliance.
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The Russian and British Empire signed the Anglo-Russian Entente thus making the Triple Entente including France.
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The Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand and Duchess of Hohenberg Sophie were shot dead in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina by a group of six assassins.
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(August 3rd & 4th) Germany declares war on France and attempts to invaed the neutral Belgium. Britain demands for Germany to resign from Belgium which they reject thus the British Empire declaring war on Germany. Also, America declares its neutrality.
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The British and French declare war on the Ottaman Empire, who had became an ally of Germany.
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The Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney sinks the German raider SMS Emden, near the Cocos Islands
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The Allied Troops land on Gallipoli to try to unblock the Dardanelles near Costantinople to access Russia through the Black Sea.
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The passenger liner is sunk by a German submarine near the coast of Ireland killing 1201 people.
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John Simpson Kirkpatick (AKA: Simpson and his Donkey) was struck by machine gun fire and died.
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British nurse executed by German firing squad in Belgium
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The Gallipoli campaign concludes with the British Empire orderly evacuating. There was 250,000 casualties overall and 83,000 were evacuated by the British Navy without firing a shot.
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July 1, 1916: Somme Campaign begins with almost 60,000 casualties from the British Army
July 1-13: Battle of Albert
July 14-17: Battle of Bazentin Ridge
July 19-20: Battle of Fromelles
July 14- September 15: Battle of Delvillle Wood
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The Battle of Somme was a battle that the British and French Empire fought against the German empire. It was one of the most largest battles in World War One.
One of the major contrubutions of Australian troops in the Somme campaign was when they fought around Pozieres and Mouquet Farm between the 23rd of July and the 3rd of September. They also launched some attack around Fluers in November. -
Australian soldiers battle on the Western Front at the Battle of Fromelles
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The Russian Revolution begins with the abdication of Czar Nicholas II from his 300 year old dynasty. (Romanov dynasty)
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April 2nd, 1917: The president of America (Woodrow Wilson) gives a speech before U.S. Congress then asks for a declaration of war against Germany.
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The Bolsheviks (led by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky) overthrow the Provisional government which leads to the withdrawal of Russia in th war.
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The German collapse after a series of encounters on the Western Front. The Australians played an imprtant role there.
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After the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German agree to an armistice concluding hostilities.
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The German Workers' Party (DAP) changed their name to the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) also known in English as The Nazis
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Germany (Led by Adolf Hitler) invades Poland. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later starting World War II.
