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World War I #2

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  • Murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

    Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, are assasinated by Gavilo Princip, a Serb nationalist, in Sarajevo.

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    World War 1 begins

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium

    Germany implemented the Schlieffen Plan

  • Britain declares war on Germany

  • Battle of the Marne starts

  • First Battle of Ypres

  • Turkey enters the war on The Triple Entente’s side

  • The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat

  • Italy declares war on Germany and Austria

  • Start of the Battle of The Loos

  • The Allies start the evacuation of Gallipoli

  • Start of the Battle of Verdun

  • British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia

  • Battle of Jutland

  • Start of the Battle of the Somme

  • Second Battle of the Marne started.

    Start of collapse of the German army

  • Turkey made peace

  • Austria-Hungary made peace

  • Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles, an armistice, with the Allies

    The official date of the end of World War 1

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