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World War 1 began
World War 1 started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife was assassinated on June 28, 1914. This was the immediate cause but there were a series of events which triggered the war.
https://kidskonnect.com/history/ww1-start/
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German U-boat campaign
German U boats were small boats that would send goods the war ships. 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. Neutral countries became reluctant to ship goods to Britain and Lloyd George ordered all ships carrying provisions to Britain to be given a convoy.
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Turkey enters war
Turkey entered the war on the side of the central powers and gave help to a German naval bombardment of Russia. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
On the 7 May 1915, a German U-boat sunk the British luxury liner, the RMS Lusitania. 1,198 people lost their lives, including 128 Americans. Its sinking caused moral outrage both in Britain and in the US and led, ultimately, to the USA declaring war against Germany.
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The first Zeppelin raid on Britain
The first Zeppelin raid on London was at midnight on May 31st 1915, when Hauptmann Linnarz bombed London, killing seven people and making £18,000 worth of damage. In the months that followed, 50 further Zeppelin raids took place.
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Conscription introduced in Britain
The act specified that single men aged 18 to 40 years old were liable to be called up for military service unless they were widowed with children or ministers of a religion.The act was extended to married men on 25th May 1916.
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First Aeroplane raid
The first German air raid on London took place. The Germans hoped that by making raids on London and the South East, the British Air Force would be forced into protecting the home front rather than attacking the German air force.
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US declares war against Germany
Two days after the U.S. Senate voted 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the declaration and America formally enters World War I.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/wwi
https://mholloway63.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/what-happened-on-april-6th-united-states-enters-world-war-one/ -
British Warfare Air Force formed
August 4, Britain declared war on Germany and entered World War I. At the time, the RFC had 84 aircraft, while the RNAS had 71 aircraft and seven airships. Later that month, four RFC squadrons were deployed to France to support the British Expeditionary Force. During the next two years, Germany took the lead in air strategy with technologies like the zeppelin airship and the manual machine gun.
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World War 1 ended
World War One ended at 11am on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, in 1918. Germany signed an armistice (an agreement for peace and no more fighting) that had been prepared by Britain and France.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/0/ww1/25403869
People in London celebrating on the London Bus.
