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The Triple Entente was formed
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On Sunday June the 28th, 1914. A nineteen year old student shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro Hungarian throne. The assassination provided a means to start the war. -
Austria–Hungary declares war on Serbia
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World War 1
The first world war began in europe, but other countries around the world were soon dragged into it. The war lasted for 4 years from 1914-1918 and over 66 million men were mobilized to fight. Over 21 million people died, including 13 million civilians. The first world war was called the Great War. The reason the war was so distructive was because it was the first major war between the newly industrialized nations of Europe. -
Germans declare war on Russia
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Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium
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Britain declares war on Germany (Australiabecomes involved)
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Austria–Hungary declares war on Russia
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Japan declares war on Germany
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The Battle of Lemberg
A Russian army won a defencive victory over the Austrians in Galicia. In the Battle of Lemberg the Austrians were forced to retreat over 240km and suffered 250,000 casualties. -
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The Battle of Tannenberg
Two large Russian armies invaded East Prussia. One army was surronded and killed by the german and the other was beaten in the Battle of the Masuian Lakes. -
Battle of Marne
The Battle of Marne took place alongside the Rver Marne near Paris as the Germans began their assault on the city. Approximately six hunderd Parisian taxicabs were commandeered by french authorites to transport thousands of french troops into battle. On the 9th of September the Germans began retreating. The French and British pursued them for 40 miles before both sides dug trenches. A stalemate followed. Trench warfare began on the western front from the16th september 1914. -
Turkey enters the war on the side of Germany
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Truce
Christmas truce takes place. German and British soldiers play games of football together -
Germany uses Gas
Germany makes the first large-scale use of gas as a weapon against the Russians. -
Gallipoli campaign
A plan was then devaloped to launch a attack on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The reson for this was to get a supply line through to Russia from Britain and France.
On the 25th of April ground troops from Britain, France,Austraila, New Zealand, India and Newfoundland landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. As the Anzacs landed they faced cliffes up to 100 metres high and heavy gunfire from behind the Turkish fortifications. More than 600 Australians were killed on the first day. -
Lusitania
Sinking of the Lusitania ocean liner by a German U-Boat. It rolled over and sunk in 18 minutes killing 1,198 people onboard. -
Italy enters the war on the side of the Triple Entente
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Long Pine Ridge
The Australians attaked the Terkish trenches at Lone Pine Ridge. The Australians captured the ridge. They held it for 3 days before the turks fought back and regained lost ground. The Australians lost 2273 men. -
Suvla Bay
British troops landed at Suvla Bay -
End of Gallipoli campaign
In December the Anzacs were finally orded to withdraw from Gallipoli.To hide the fact they were leaving they rigged up some riffles to fire at random. The last soldiers were evacuated overnight on 19-20 December. Over the Campaign 8709 Australians died and 19000 were wounded. Over the same period, over 80000 Turks were killed. -
The Battle of Jutland
On the 31st of May Admiral von Scheer ordered a group of battle-cruisers to sail into the North Sea.The British realised what happened and sent Admiral Beatty and his squadren to meet them. Both sides claimed victory. The The Germans said they won because they sunk more ships and lost fewer men. The British said they were the winners because they still had control of the North Sea. -
Battle of the Somme
An attack was launched on a 30 kilometre frount, from north of the somme river between Arras and Albert, and ran from 1st of July until 18th of november. There was a loss of 58,000 British troops on the first day. -
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The Somme
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The Battle of Cambrai
In August 1917 Colonel John Fuller of the British Tank corps suggested a mass attack on the German lines to the south-west of Cambrai. At 6.20 a.m. over 1000 guns started to bombard the German trenches. 378 british tanks supported by 289 aircrafts attacked. At the end of the day 6 out of 10 km were gained. By the 23 of November only 92 tanks remained. On the 30 of November the Germans moved in and maneged to reclaim nearly all the land they had lost. -
The Armistice
The Armistice agreement is signed to mark the end of fighting on the Western Front. -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles peace treaty signed to formally end the state of war between Germany and the Allied powers.
