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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Australia and his wife had decided to inspect Austro-Hungarian in Bosnia on national day in Bosnia. The Black Hand supplied a group of students with weapons for the assassination of the Archduke in honor of national day. A Serbian national student, Gavrilo Princip , shot the couple when their car stopped on its way out of time.
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Austrain government blamed Serbian government for Ferdinad's assassination. Russia was allied with Serbia, so they provided mobilise and offered to support Austria if needed and called on the french to mobilise.
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Germany did not believe Russia would help out Austria, so when they did, this upset Germany. Germany declares war on Russia in August.
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Germany declares war on France. German troops poured into Belgium. The British foreign secretary Edward Grey sent an ultimatum to Germany demanding their withdrawal from Belgium.
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Germany did not withdrawal their troops from Belgium so they declared war against Germany.
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The use of airships became more frequent. Zeppelins begin attacking London and used for reconnaissance , to attack the western front.
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zeppelin airships dropped bombs on Yarmouth
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This battle is the first battle to have poison gases were used during battle. The german used it against the British soldiers , killing many.
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Italy enters the war on the side of the Alies.
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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 allies side, but later occupied by Germans and Austrians.
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the first German air raid in london took place, with the intentions of forcing the British air force into protecting the home front.
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Became Prime Minister of the war coalition. His cabinet met everyday, however there was disagreements between him and his war secretary .
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Italy had lost many men trying to hold a line between Italy and the central powers. British and french reinforcements were sent to help.
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The Us declares war on Germany in response to the sinking of us U boats.
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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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The Russians signed a treaty with german which stated that Russia had to surrender Poland and the Ukraine and other regions and they had to stop all social propaganda.
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The royal flying corps and the royal naval Air service was merged to the Royal Air Force.
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The allies had taken most of German - occupied France and part of Belgium.
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allies pushed the germans back beyond the Hindenberg line .
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At 11 am in the french town Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing war to an end.
