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By VJL
  • Germany declares war on Russia, France, and Belgium. Britain declares war on Germany. Austria declares war on Russia. Montenegro declares war on Austria. Belgium.

    Germany declares war on Russia, France, and Belgium. Britain declares war on Germany. Austria declares war on Russia. Montenegro declares war on Austria. Belgium.

    France declares war on Austria. Britain declares war on Austria. Montenegro declares war on Germany. Japan declares war on Germany. Austria declares war on
  • a number assigned to a person that indicates to lenders their capacity to repay a loan.

    a number assigned to a person that indicates to lenders their capacity to repay a loan.

  • World War I begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

    World War I begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

  • The First Battle of the Marne begins. The Germans had advanced to within 30 miles of Paris, but over the next two days, the French are

    The First Battle of the Marne begins. The Germans had advanced to within 30 miles of Paris, but over the next two days, the French are

    reinforced by 6,000 infantrymen who are transported to the front by hundreds of taxis. The Germans dug in the north of the Aisne River, and the trench warfare that is to typify the Western Front for the next four years begins.
  • Britain and France declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

    Britain and France declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

  • The Second Battle of Ypres begins. The German army initiates the modern era of chemical warfare by launching a chlorine attack on Allied trenches. Some 5,000 French and Algerian troops are killed. By war’s end, both sides

    The Second Battle of Ypres begins. The German army initiates the modern era of chemical warfare by launching a chlorine attack on Allied trenches. Some 5,000 French and Algerian troops are killed. By war’s end, both sides

    have used massive quantities of chemical weapons, causing an estimated 1,300,000 casualties, including 91,000 fatalities.
  • The British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed by a German U-boat off the southern coast of Ireland. It sinks in just 18 minutes, and nearly 1,200 people are killed, including 128 U.S. citizens.

    The British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed by a German U-boat off the southern coast of Ireland. It sinks in just 18 minutes, and nearly 1,200 people are killed, including 128 U.S. citizens.

    The ship had been carrying over 170 tons of rifle ammunition and artillery shells, and Germany felt fully justified in treating the Lusitania as a legitimate target in a declared war zone.
  • The United States declares war on Germany. The United States declares war on Germany. In his address to Congress four days earlier, U.S. Pres.

    The United States declares war on Germany. The United States declares war on Germany. In his address to Congress four days earlier, U.S. Pres.

    Woodrow Wilson had cited Germany’s practice of unrestricted submarine warfare and the “Zimmermann Telegram” as key reasons behind the abandonment of his long-standing policy of neutrality.
  • Germany and the Allies conclude an armistice based largely on Wilson’s Fourteen Points.

    Germany and the Allies conclude an armistice based largely on Wilson’s Fourteen Points.