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RAF formed
british royal airforce is formed -
Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
franz ferdinand is assasinated by a serbian sparking WW1 -
Austrian Hungarian Empire Declairs War on Serbian
what was ment to be a short war between the austrian hungarian empire and serbian turned out to be a world war -
Germany Invades Belgium
germany invades belgium in order to get to france -
First battle of the Marne
the first battle of Marne -
Battle of Tannenberg
this was a battle between germany and russia in the early days of WW1 ( germany won ) -
The sinking of the Lusitania
A german u-boat sunk a british passanger ship -
French numbers pushed back at verdun
french loosing numbers quickly making little gain in the war -
Battle of the nek
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battle of Verdun
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taking of fort Douaumont
considered to be one of the best protected forts in the world its low guard numbers made it fall into enemy hands -
Battle of Jutland
a battle between english and german fleets -
britain looking to help french in battle of verdun
taking pressure of the french the british look to make a distraction -
battle of the Somme
a battle between allies and german soldiers with casualties in the millions. -
Battle of pozieres ridge
with britain gaining ground germany launches a counter attack sending forces back -
Australians in pozieres
suffering big losses in pozieres the australians were unsecsessful -
Tanks In Somme
british introduced tanks into somme -
Tanks push through courcolette
allies gained 6 miles with tanks -
Tanks useless in somme
wet and muddy conditions make soft ground that tanks were sinking in and being left unable to move -
US enters war
american forces enter WW1 -
battle of cambrai
a battle between germany and 400 of britains new tanks -
Russia Out of the war
comunists set up a government to make peace -
Battle of somme ends
Somme ends leaving 6673 australian soldiers dead not including the wounded -
German attacks along the western front
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second battle of the marne
allies defeated central forces and were led cloaser to winning the war -
battle of ST. MIHIEL
general Pershing leads american army to victory -
Austrian Hungarian empire surrenders
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Kaiser wilhem 2 overthrown
wilhem is overthrown leading to a german republic -
World war 1 ends
central powers sighn the papers needed to end the war
