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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
A Serbian terrorist group, called The Black Hand, decided that the Archduke should be assassinated and his planned visit presented the perfect opportunity. The seven young men that had formed the group had been trained in bomb throwing and marksmanship. The men were stationed along a line where Franz Ferdinand's planned route was going. The first two men couldn't throw their grenades because the street was too croowded and the car was travelling too fast for them to be able to do it. The third -
Austria declared war on Serbia
The Austrian government blamed Sebia for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and immediatly declared war. This was the first war decalred during World War I. -
Germany declared war on Russia
Germany declared war on Russia thorugh there alliance with Austria-Hungary. -
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Battle Of Tannenberg
Russia's army marched into Prussia, however there different railway gauge between the two made it difficult for Russia to get supplies through to men. The German's used the railways to there advantage and surrounded the Russia's second Army at Tannenberg, before there commander could realise what was happening. The Russians had a heavy defeat with thousand of men kill and 125,000 men taken prisoner. In the end Germany won the battle, but losing 13,000 men. -
Germany declared war on France
Germany declared war on France under the Schleiffen Plan. -
Britain declared war on Germany
Britain declared war on Germany becuase they invaded Belgium, and this country was to be known as a neutral state. -
Japan declared war on Germany
Japan declared war on Germany through their alliance with Great Britain. -
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Battle of Masurian Lake
After defeating Russia's first army in August, the Germans came back again in September to attempt to defeat their first army at Masurain Lakes. Although the German's were unsuccessful to defeat the army completely, they took 100,000 Russians prisoner. -
Turkey entered the war
Turkey helped Germany to attack Russia. -
Russia declared war on Turkey
Russia declared war on Turkey because Turkey helped Germany attack Russia. -
Britain and France declared war on Turkey
Britain and France declared war on Turkey because Turkey had given help to Germany to attack Russian. Britain and France were allied with Russia so their alliance compulsed them to attack. -
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Zeppelin Bombing
Zeppelin airships dropped bombs on Yarmouth. -
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Dardanelles
The Russians appealed for help from Britain and France to beat off an attack by the Turkish. The British navy responded by attacking Turkish forts in the Dardenelles. -
Second Battle of Ypres
First use of poisonous gas was used in War. -
Gallipoli
Members of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) landed at Gallipoli together with troops from New Zealand, Britain, and France to attack Turkey. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Outraged protests from the United States sunk Lusitania. -
Italy joined the war
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End of Gallipoli Campaign
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Battle of Verdun
The Germans launched an attack on the French at Verdun. the fighting continued for nine months, the battle ended inconclusive. Casualties were enormous on both sides with the Germans losing 430,000 men and the French 540,000. -
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Battle of Somme
The five month long battle saw the deaths of 420,000 British soldiers (60,000 on the first day), 200,000 French soldiers and 500,000 German soldiers all for a total land gain of just 25 miles. -
First aeroplane raid
The first German air raid in 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. -
Lloyd George Prime Minister
Lloyd George became Prime Minister of the war time coalition. -
USA declares war on Germany
The United States of America declared war on Germany in response to the sinking of the battleships. -
Kaiser II abdicted
Kaiser Wilheim the second was abdicted -
End of World War I
On this day at 11.11 the great World War I ended. There were 20 million deaths and 21 million soldiers wouned. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
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League of Nations formed
This image is the League of Nations 'logo'.
