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Unoffical start of World War 1
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Russia mobilizes its vast army to intervene against Austria-Hungary in favor of its ally, Serbia. This move starts a chain reaction that leads to the mobilization of the rest of the European Great Powers, and inevitably to the outbreak of hostilities.
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Germany invades Belgium, beginning World War I.
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The Germans fire shells filled with chlorine gas at Allied lines. This is the first time that large amounts of gas are used in battle, and the result is the near-collapse of the French lines. However, the Germans are unable to take advantage of the breach.
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German submarine sinks, it carries 1,198 people, 128 of them american
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Reacting to the sinking of lusitania, germany limited their submarines.
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The British employ the first tanks ever used in battle, at Delville Wood. Although they are useful at breaking through barbed wire and clearing a path for the infantry, tanks are still primitive and they fail to be the decisive weapon, as their designers thought they would be.
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Germany continues unrestricted submarines
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Germany signs a peace treaty with Russia, causing serious problems for the French, British, and Americans.
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World War is ended
