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Germany began building a large navy. This began a competition between countries to have the strongest navy.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in sarajevo during a parade. His death is the event that sparked ww1 https://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html
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Germany invades belgium. This is the event that officially started ww1. https://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html
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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. The french lines are almost beat. However, the Germans are unable to take advantage of the breach.
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A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans. Causing america to join the war. Before this event america stayed out of the war. https://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html
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The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle fought by the armies of the British and French against germany. British Commander in Chief Sir Douglas Haig calls a halt to his army's offensive near the Somme River. After the british commander calls a halt, all the conflict of this battle stops.
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The british deploy the first tanks to ever be used in battle. The weapons on them were not very useful but they useful at breaking through barbed wire and clearing a path for the infantry.
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Roy Crowdy Avery signs up for the Bellevue Hospital unit. They told him it would be a while until the unit was activated
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There was no exact date but it looked like the unit was activated in 1917. Roy was sent on a ship called the Queen of the Seas, where they headed to paris.
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Roy arrives in paris on the Queen of seas ship. When he arrives a barrage is going on but he is not injured.
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Roy is promoted to 1st lieutenant. He was in parris when this happened.
