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Germany declared war on Russia
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Germany did not withdraw from Belgium and Britain declared war on Germany .
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Japan declared war on Germany through her alliance with Great Britain , signed in 1902
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Britain and France, Russia's allies, declared war on Turkey , because of the help given to the Germany attack on Russia
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Zeppelin airships dropped bombs on Yarmouth
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Winston Churchill, critical of the Dardenelles campaign, resigned his post as First Lord of the Admiralty. He rejoined the army as a battalion commander
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Poison gas was used for the first time during this battle. The gas, fired by the Germans claimed many British casualties
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There outraged protests from the United States at the German U-boat campaign, when the Lusitania, which had many American passengers abroad, was sank. The Germans moderated their U-boat campaign
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Winston Churchill served in Belgium as lieutenant colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers
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Romania joined the war on the side of the Allies. But within a few months was occupied by Germans and Austrians
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The Germans mounted an attack on the French at Verdun designed to ' bleed the French dry'. Although the fighting continued for nine months, the battle was inconclusive. Casualties were enormous on both sides with the German losing 430,00 men and the French 540,000
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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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The British took a large force of tanks across the barbed wire and machine gun posts at Cambrai
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Following the heavy defeat at Passchendale, Lloyd George decided that he wanted Churchill in the Cabinet. Churchill was duly appointed Minister of Munitions
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The Italians had lost many men trying to hold the line between Italy and the Central Powers. British and French reinforcements were sent to hold the line
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The United States of America declared war on Germany in response to the sinking, by German U boats, of US ships
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The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were merged to form the Royal Air Force
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The allies had taken almost all of German-occupied France and part of Belgium
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Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated
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At 11 am , in French town of Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing the war to an end
