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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
His assassination in Sarajevo lead to Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. -
Start of World War 1
Austria- Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
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Start and End Of World War 1
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Germany declares war on Russia
Four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany and Russia declare war against each other. -
Germany declares war on France
Two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declares war on France -
The United Kingdom declares war on Germany
This occured after Germany invadedBelgium -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia
As well as Austria-Hungary declaring war, Serbia declares war on Germany -
The Battle of Tannenborg begins
On this day The Battle of Le Cateau was also fought, after the British and French retreated from the Battle of Mons and had set up defensive positions in a fighting withdrawal against the German advance at Le Cateau-Cambrésis. -
The battle of Ypres begins
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland. -
The Dardanelles campaign begins
British and French battleships launch a massive attack on Turkish positions at Cape Helles and Kum Kaleh at the entrance to the Dardanelles, the narrow strait separating Europe from Asia in northwestern Turkey and the only waterway linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea. -
The battle of Gallipoli begins
In the morning of this day Australian troops made a landing on a hostile shore along the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. -
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Gallipoli Campaign
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Tsar Nicholas II takes personal control over Russia's armies
The Russian public blamed Nicholas II for his poor military decisions. His bad approache of Bloody Sunday and Russia’s role in World War I led to his abdication and execution. -
Gallipoli campaign ends
On the night of 8–9 January, 17,000 British soldiers were evacuated from Helles -
The battle of Verdun Begins
The battle of Verdun was the largest battle of World War 1 and one of the bloodiest -
The battle of Jutland
The major naval battle of the war begins -
The battle of Somme begins
Tanks are first introduced into battle during the Battle of the Sommes -
Russian Tsar Nicholas II abdicates
This happened after strikes and general revolts break out in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg). -
The United States declares war on Germany
United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe. -
The Battle of Passchendaele begins
This battle was also called the Third Battle of Ypres -
The Bolsheviks sucessfully overthrow the Russian government
During the 1917 Russian revolution -
World War 1 ends
On this day WW1 officially ended
