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Winston Churchill
Churchill, Winston definition. An English political leader and author of the twentieth century; he became prime minister shortly after World War II began and served through the end of the war in Europe. Churchill symbolized the fierce determination of the British to resist conquest by the Germans under Adolf Hitler. -
Early stages of the War
Old Fashion strategies + new weapons technologies = great loss of life
-Neither soldiers nor officers were prepared for the new, highly efficient killing machines used in World War 1
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Battle of the mesurain
The First Battle of the Masurian Lakes, 1914. Conducted between 9-14 September 1914, the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes (of two, the second in February 1915) was the second victory of the war by the Germans over the Russian army, the first occurring at Tannenberg in late August. -
Britain and France declared war on Turkey
Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey. ... Following the shelling of Russian ports and the sinking of Russian ships in the Black Sea by Turkey, Russia declared war on Turkey on November 2, 1914. On November 5, her allies Great Britain and France also declared war on Turkey. -
Dardanelles
The Dardanelles (/dɑːrdəˈnɛlz/; Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı, Greek: Δαρδανέλλια, Dardanellia), also known in Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (/ˈhɛlᵻspɒnt/; Greek: Ἑλλήσποντος, Hellespontos, literally "Sea of Helle"), is a narrow, natural strait and internationally-significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that -
Assassination of Franz
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. The Black Hand supplied a group of students with weapons for an assassination. -
Austria declared war on Serbia
one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War -
Germany declared war on Russia
Germany was the main supporter behind Austria-hungary's aggressive diplomatic moves after the assassination of Ferdinand. Also, they were Austria-Hungary's ally and if they did not intervene, Austria-Hungary, given its weak military, will be defeated by the Russians -
Turkey
Turkey formally entered World War I on 28 October 1914 with the bombing of Russian Black Sea ports. The Triple Entente, or Allied Powers, declared war on the Ottoman Empire on November 4. -
Lusitania sunk
Lusitania [(looh-suh-tay-nee-uh)] A British passenger ship sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland in 1915. Germany, then at war with Britain but not with the United States (see World War I), had warned Americans against traveling on the ship. More than a hundred Americans died in the sinking. -
Zeppelins
The first attack came on the night of 19 January 1915. Explosions were heard along the Norfolk coastline as two German airships dropped bombs. Witnesses nearby said the noise was terrifying. The airships were Zeppelins, named after Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin, the German inventor who designed them -
Battle of the Jutland
Battle of Jutland. The Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World Wa -
Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun, IPA: [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃], Schlacht um Verdun, IPA: [ʃlaxt ˀʊm ˈvɛɐdœŋ]), fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916, was the largest and longest battle of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies. -
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme, German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Emp -
Battle of the Jutland
The Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World War. -
Japan and France declared war on Germany
On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
