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The Triple Alliance
The Triple Alliance was formed between Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary. -
The Triple Entente
The Triple Entente was formed between Russia, France and Britain. -
Britain joins in.
Great Britain declares war on Germany. The Australian government also declared war on Germany, promising Britain full support during the war. Australia promised 20,000 troops to fight for the Birish command. -
Assassination of Francis Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the throne, and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, his wife, were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. Gravrilo was one of a group of six assassins, coordinated by Danilo Illic. -
Declaration of War
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First World War
The First World War went from Austria-Hungary's declaration of war with Serbia in July 1914 until the 11th of November 1918. -
The Beginning
This is the beginning of World War I. It begun when Germany declared war on Russia and France, invaded neutral Luxembourg and Belgium. -
Battle of Liege
The Battle of Liege was the engagement of the German invasion of Belgium. It is the first battle of WWI. The attack began on the 5th of August and went until the 16th, when the last fort surrendered. -
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Battle of Liege
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The Battle of Gumbinnen
The Battle of Gumbinnen was the first major battle on the Eastern Front. Because of the hastiness of the Germans, the Russian army emerged victorious. -
The Battle of Mons
This battle signifies the first engagement between Britain and Germany on the Western Front. -
The Battle of Tannenberg
The battle was between the Russian and the German Empires. The battle was perhaps the most complete and spectacular German victory during WWI. It resulted in close to the complete destruction of the Russian Second Army, and the death of the commander Alexander Samsonov. -
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The Battle of the Marne
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The First Battle of the Masurian Lakes
This battle was the second victory by the Germans over the Russian army during WWI. -
The First Battle of the Aisne
The First Battle of the Aisne was the Allied follow-up offensive against the German First and Second armies under von Kluck and von Bulow in retreat after the First Battle of the Marne. -
Trench Warfare
Trench warfare on the western front begins. -
The Battle of the Yser
The battle took place in October beween two towns along a 35-kilometre long stretch of the Yser river and Yperlee canal in Belgium. The Belgian force succeeded in halting the German advance, though losses were heavy. -
The First battle of Ypres
The First Battle of Ypres was also known as the First Battle of Flanders. Ypres was a town in Western Belgium. It was targeted because it offered a strategic advantage to both the Britsh and German forces in the war. -
Turkey joins the fight.
Germany gains an ally. Turkey enters the war, siding with Germany. -
First Australians
The First Australian troops left for Europe from Perth. -
The First Battle of the Champagne
The Battle of the Champagne went from the 20th of December to the 17th of March in France. It was between the French Fourth Amy and the German Third Army. It was the first significant attack by the Allies against the Germans since the making of the trenches following the 'race to the sea'. -
The Battle of Bolimov
The battle was between Germany and Russia. It formed part of the third German attack directed against Warsaw. -
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The Gallipoli Front
The Gallipoli peninsula forms a bank of the Dardanelles, a sea route to what was the Russian Empire (one of the Alliped powers during WWI). Russia's allies, Britain and France, intended on securing it, and launched a naval attack followed by a landing on the peninsula aiming to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople.
After 8 months worth of battle, with many casualties dealt from both sides, the Allied failed and withrew to Egypt. -
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Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Canakkale, was a battle of World War I that happened on the Gallipoli peninsula. From the 17th to the 19th, Allied troops, including the Anzacs, prepared a secret departure from the Peninsula.
On the 20th, the Anzacs and the Allied troops completely withdrew from the Gallipoli Peninsula. By the end of the Gallipoli campaign, more than 7800 Australian soldiers had died. -
Allied troops land in Gallipoli
The Anzacs landed at night on the western side of the peninsula. They landed 1.6km north of their indended landing beach. -
The Battle of the Somme
A shocking 58,000 British troops (one third) died on the first day of the battle. The attack was upon a 30 kilometer front, from the Somme river between Arras and Albert. -
Battle of Belleau Wood
The battle was between the U.S. Second, and Third divisions and German units. The Battle of Belleau Wood was the re-capture of the wood by U.S. forces on the Metz-Paris roat taken by the German Seventh Army Forces at the end of May. -
Turkey made peace
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Austria made peace
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End of the War.
An armistice was signed by Germany with the Allies. This is the official end of World War One.
