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Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo
This event was widely acknowledged as the breakout of the war. He was shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist. -
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WWI
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Britain declared war on Germany
Britain, led my Prime Minister Asquith gave Germany an altimatum to get out of Belgium by midnight of August 3rd. -
The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat
The Lusitania was torpedoed without warning by a German submarine. This all happened within 20 minutes. -
Italy declared war on Germany and Austria
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering World War I on the side of the allies.. -
British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia
13,000 soldiers surrendered under Townshend's command. -
First use en masse of tanks at the Somme
On this date the British launched an offensive attack of tanks for the first time in history against the Germans -
USA declared war on Germany
President Wilson appeared in front of congress with a declaration of war against Germany -
Armistice between Germany and Russia signed
Russia reaches an Armistice on the central powers. This was immediately after the accession to power in Russia -
The advance of the Allies was successful
A massive German attack was ordered, the Allies knew that there would be an attack. Therefore, the Allies thoroughly prepared and and ended up advancing to their next move. -
The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.
This Treated ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied powers. This was signed exactly 5 years after the assassination in which started the whole war.
