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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are shot by a Serbian nationalist. This sparks The Great War.
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Austria-Hungry doesn't like the fact that their man got shot. They declare war on Serbia.
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Germany formally declares war on russia.
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Germany invades Belgium, Belgium is unable to be saved by it's Allies and is smacked.
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The first British troops land in France. 120,000 highly skilled British troops from the British Expeditionary Force, led by Field Marshal John French.
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Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungry, Serbia gets invaded by A-H.
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Japan declares war on Germany, and prepare to assist the British in removing Germany's military installations from the Far East.
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Austria just will not let the whole "Killing Franz Ferdinand" thing go, and starts their third attempt to conquer the Serbians.