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Shot in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip
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The First World War officially begins, caused by the murder of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Ferdinand and his family by Serbian Nationalist Gavrilo Princip.
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Fought in Flanders Fields, Belgium. Several battles, pointless ones at that, to control this area.
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Second battle begins
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British, Canadian, ANZAC, and a small amount of French forces attempt to land on the Gallipoli Peninsula and surrounding areas to cut a way to the Ottoman-Turkish capital of Constantinople, however, this amphibious operation failed terribly.
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Torpedoed by German U-boat U-20, 120+ Americans killed
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The first wave of British and French troops went over the top.
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US enters WW1
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Also known as the third battle of Ypres, the third of several battles for control of the area.
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Major fighting after the Russian Revolution, which took Russia out of the war. Lasts until 1922, communist Red Army fighting the "White Army", which was a largely allied force comprised of British, French, Imperial Russian and American troops.
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Fought in Cambrai, France, with British and Canadian troops fighting the Germans.
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During the battle of the Lys, the British used tanks to break German line, and the Germans countered with their own armored vehicles. British tanks were male and female Mark IV tanks, and the Germans fielded A7V's.
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United States Marines earned fame here, and their much loved nickname, Devil Dogs. They fought so ferociously that their German enemies called them "Teufelshunde", or Devil Dogs.
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Germany agreed to a temporary end of hostilities so terms could be discussed to end the war.
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Treaty of Versailles, war officially ends
