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Franz Ferdinand is assasinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, was killed along side his wife Duchess Sophie.19yearold Gavrilo Princip was the assasin -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Threatened by Serbian ambition in the Balkans region of Europe and in proper response to the assassinations of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife this war was started. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany did not believe that they would mobilise and offered to support Austria if necessary. Russia did mobilise and, through their alliance with France, called on the French to mobilise. -
Germany declares war on France
Schlieffen plan said that they would be at war with Russia and France at the same time.The Germans thought that France would be weak and Russia would be much stronger. they thought they could go over to France, defeat it, and then come back and finish off the Russians. -
Germany invades neutral Belgium
They used a plan known as the Schlieffen Plan They would hold Russia and quickly defeat Belgium and France -
Britain declares war on Germany
Germany would not stop fighting Belgium and Britain declared war on Germany. -
Battle of the Frontiers
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Russia invades East Prussia
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Japan declares war on Germany
Japan declared war on Germany through there alliance with Great Britain. -
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Battle of Tannenberg
The Russian army marched into Prussia. the german army surrounds the Russian Second army. thousands of men killed and 125,000 taken prisoner -
First Battle of Aisne begins
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First Battle of Ypres
Poison gas was used for the first time during this battle. The gas, fired by the Germans claimed many British casualties -
German U-boat attacks
they attack on Allied and neutral shipping and declares blockade on Britain -
First passenger ship sinks, the British liner Falaba
this is sunk by the german submarines -
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germany uses poisin gas.
Poison gas was used for the first time during battle of ypres The gas, fired by the Germans claimed many British casualties -
U-boat sinks British liner Lusitania with the loss of American lives
1,198 British persons died, along with 128 Americans. The U.S.'s anger towards Germany and the Central Powers also led them to support the Allies. -
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
Italy entered the war on the side of the allies -
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German attack on Verdun
The Germans attack the French at Verdun. the fighting continued for nine months. Casualties were enormous on both sides with the Germans losing 430,000 men and the French 540,000. -
Germany renounces submarine warfare
they start this again even though they were told that they couldnt do this. -
Italy declares war on Germany
the government of Italy declares war on its former Axis partner Germany and joins the battle on the side of the Allies. -
Zimmermann Telegram is passed to the US by Britain
It was a 1917 letter from the Germany to Mexico to make a 2 front war against the United States. But it was taken by the British and gaven to the U.S. -
Zimmermann Telegram published in US press
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US declares war on Germany
After the Zimmerman note, the U.S. felt threatened so they declared war. They supported the Allies -
US declares war on Austria-Hungary
The United States declared war on Austria-Hungary because the United States declared war on Germany, the United States declared war on Austria-Hungary as one of Germany's main allies