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Germans turned their attention to the Russian First army at Masurian Lakes. Although the Germans were unable to defeat the army
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The first Zeppelins appeared over the English coast.
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The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand eventually led to the start of World War 1.
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Germany did not withdraw from Belgium and Britain declared war on Germany.
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German Army rushed into Prussia.
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Winston Churchill, critical of the Dardanelles campaign, resigned his post as First Lord of the Admiralty. He rejoined the army as a battalion commander.
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The Germans mounted an attack on the French at Verdun designed to ‘bleed the French dry’. Although the fighting continued for nine months, the battle was inconclusive.
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the Lusitania, which had many American passengers aboard, was sank.
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In Germany, orders were given to step up the U-boat campaign. All allied or neutral ships were to be sunk on sight and in one month almost a million tons of shipping was sunk
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Us declared war on Germany on the 6th of April in 1917.
