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Archduke Ferdinand Assassinated
Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrillo Princip; member of the Black Hand -
Austria Declares War on Serbia
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. German government rejects British proposal. -
German Government
Make proposal to secure British neutrality. -
Germany Declares War on France
Belgian government refuses German demands. British government guarantee armed support to Belgium. Germany declares war on France. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia
Battle of the Frontiers begins in France. -
England
First German air raid on England. Aeroplane dropped bombs in sea near Dover. -
England
First bomb dropped on English soil. Second raid of England. -
Battle of Ypres
Battle of Ypres begins in 1915. -
Italy
Italy denounces the Triple Alliance. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Germans shoot down the Lusitania. -
Second Battle of Ypres
Fight for the control over strategic Flemish town. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Germany was going to ask Mexico to help them fight against the U.S. Instead, the U.S. intercepted the telegram. -
"He kept us out of war."
Woodrow Wilson's campaign slogan. -
"The world must be made safe for democracy."
U.S. enters war in 1917. -
First German gas cloud attack
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First American ship sunk by German Submarine