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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated
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Exactly a month after being assassinated , Declared war on Serbia
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France and Belgium begin full mobilization
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Invades neutral Belgium
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120 thousand highly trained men make up British Expeditionary Force
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Serbia is invaded by Austria Hungary
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Japan then prepare to assist British in expelling Germany
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Third attempt to conquer Serbs after Archduke Assassination
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Meaning ships can be sunk without warning
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also known as the Armenian Holocaust, was the Ottoman government's systematic extermination of 1.5 million Armenians, mostly citizens within the Ottoman Empire
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Italy signs the Treaty of London, committing itself to enter World War I on the side of the Allies
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The British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland.
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First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire
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Britannic sinks after hitting German mine
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was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by German submarine
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Torpedoed and sunk in English Canal
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The United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe
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American troops arrive in France for war
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China declares war on Germany and Austria Hungary
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was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917
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was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I
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The loss of the ship and 306 crew and passengers without a trace within the area known as the Bermuda Triangle
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the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany
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leaders from the Allied nations began a series of discussions that became known as the Paris Peace Conference to settle issues raised by the war and its aftermath
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Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers
