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Franz ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by serbin nalionalist, gavrilo princip.
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one month to the day after archduke franz ferdinand of austria and his wife were killed. austria-hungary declares war on serbia effectively begining the first world war.
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germany declared war on france and invaded belguim. germany had to implement the schlieeffen plan. france goes to war with germany and austria after they both threaten its allies.
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britian thought it was good to help france after hearing what germany was doing to britians allies.
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russian army defeated at tannenburg and masurlan lakes. germany began its invasion.
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turkey enter on the war on germanys side, trench welfare started to dominate the western front.
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britian bombarded turkish forts in the dardanelles.
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from the begining of WW1 in 1914, men from australia wolunteered to fight for their country, the first major fight that they had to face was the gallipoli battle, this became known as the faiked gallipoli campaign where both australia and new zealand fought under the ANZAC name, this was all about bringing germany down.
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the lustania sailed on may 1st 1915 from new york bound for liverpool. the sinking of the lustania was thought to have made a major impact on america and WW1. many people died.
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italy declared war on germany and austria.
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The allies started the evacuation of gallipoli.
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the government saw no alternative but to increase numbers by conscription. in march 1916 the military service act was passed, this imposed conscription on all single ment aged between 18-41
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the troops travelled to somme where they began the battle. on the first day 58,000 men were killed.
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this was the first time that tanks had ever been used in history. They used the tanks againsest the germans.
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US declared war on germany.
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start of the third battle of ypres.
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Germany was planning the attack britian, france, serbia and their alliances. The allies all knew there was going to be a german, britian and france attack. brits made their way to the coast to prepare themselves for the attack. while the french did the same,
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germany wanted its allies to sign the armistice to end the war.
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The turkish decided to withdraw and make eace with all the countires again.
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after hearing that turkey withdrawn austria knew they couldnt continue fighting because of its allies to help surrport it and therefore austria-hungary would lose.
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germany signed the armistice with its allies. The offcial date of the end of world war one.
