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Austria declared war on Serbia
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Germany declared war on Russia
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Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.
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Britain declared war on Germany
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Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side. Trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front.
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Italy declared war on Germany and Austria
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British tanks won a victory at Cambrai
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Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany.
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Germany’s navy mutinied
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Turkey made peace
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Austria made peace
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Kaiser William II abdicated
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Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.
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Germany invaded Poland.
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Britain and France declared war on Germany.
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Russia's Red Army attacked Poland from the east
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1,150 German aircraft bombed Warsaw
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Poland surrendered to Germany.
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food rationing began in the UK (butter, bacon and sugar)
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Belgium surrendered.
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Rationing of clothes introduced in Britain
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The German invasion of Russia – Operation Barbarossa began.
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Britain and America declared war on Japan.
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D-Day. Allied forces landed in Normandy.
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Hitler committed suicide
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Germany surrendered unconditionally
