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  archduke and wife was shot to death by 6 assassins in sarajevo
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  Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia because of the assassination of thier archduke.
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  Germany invades Belgium with a force of 750,000 men to belgiums 117,000 men.
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  the battle resulted in almost complete destructin of the russians second army.
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  germans try to invade france but allies hold off germans and win.
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  australian troops were meant to stop at france or the middle east for 6 weeks of training
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  unnoficial christmas truce was delcared.
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  germans first use of poison gases.
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  german sub shoots torpedo at US ship sinking it and killing 1,198 people.
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  french won. german fifth army attacked the defenses. and the second army attacked thr Right
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  US declares War on germany.
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  largest naval battle and the only full scale clash of battleships during the war.
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  one of the largest battles in WW1 where over 1million men were killed or wounded. British and french won.
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  first major battle that the australians fought in. and 1500 british and 5533 aussies were killed
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  allies intercept telegram from germany to mexico about germany bribing mexico with MONey and old territories back
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  they withdrawl because the russian revolution
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  marks the deepest advances from either side since 1914. germans realised that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the allies
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  the official end of WW1 with the signing of the treaty of versailles.