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A Serbian Nationalist named Galviro Principe shot the Archduke in Sarevjoa
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Germany made an aliance with Austria saying if they went to war germany would help
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Austria gave Serbia an ultimatum which unfortunatly was turned down by Serbia starting WW1
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Russia where worried about serbia being so close and the war affecting there country so the agreed to back Serbia up
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Germany signs a secret allaince with the Ottoman Empire
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Germany invades Luxemburg to gain some ground to launch an attack on france
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France noticed Germany invaded Luxemburg so join the war to defend there country
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Germany invaded Belgium to use it to flank France
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British civilians thought what the Germans where doing to Belgium was wrong and declared war bringing in the common wealth like Australia,New Zealand and India
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The Ottomans feared the allied forces using the Dardenells to attack constaninople which is now known as Istanbull
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Germany occupied a little part of New Guinea which Australia managed to recapture swiftly
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As the Allies made there great retreat the set up trenches just outside of Ainse.
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The first battle of Picardy took place in september. The Axis powers attempted to flank the allies which ultimatley ended with devistating result for the Axis. With the allies out planning them.
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The first battle of Ypres took place in Flanders
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The German army captured hill 60 i an effort to take over Ypres. Hill 60 was important to the Germans had a great view over Ypres.
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The first battle of Artois was a huge stalemate between the French and Germans. Both Armies did not budge continuing the stale mate
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Champagne is big region in France which the Germans thought key to there succses. The French managed to defend but losing 92,000 men trying
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On christmas day in alot of places all over the western front soldiers got out of there trenches and sang christmas song and had cigaretts and ate. Some say they played soccer but its unproven that they had a ball.
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The German army sent dozens of zepplins to fly over Great britan
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British and French battleships start bombardment on the Dardenells starting the Gallipoli campagn
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The reason this battle had so much significance was due to the fact it was the first the germans used chemical weapons
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This one was fought for a flemish town in Belgium which claimed the life of 70,000 Allies and 35,000 Axis
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On April 25 1915 thousands of ANZAC troops landed on whats now called ANZAC cove. This campagn would last 8 months and claim 40,00 Allied soldiers.
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The british cruise liner was sunk by a german u boat. Many passengers on board where unaware that the ship was carrying muntions for the british war effort
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The allied forces attempted to attack a german position which they where using to transport troops and munitions via train. It ended up in a succsesfull german defensive.
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This attack was all part of what was called the Loos-Artios offensive.
The allies plan was to force the german troops out of Artios but was a complete failure -
The allies attempted to attack a German set up in the area called Champagne. The germans succsesfully held out the offensive.
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The batle of Loos was the biggeest British offensive in 1915 which ultimatley became a stalemate causing 59,000 British and 26,000 Germans dead or wounded
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The ANZAC troops pulled out of ANZAC cove at the night. After the campagin the leader of the Sir Winston Church hill resigned
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This attack was by the Germans with the French army setting up strong defences which managed to hold out the Germans invading force
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The battle of the Somme was a long battle which took place over 5 months. On the first day alone 80,000 British soldier were killed or wounded. The somme was an atempt to capture a town near the somme river. The somme was the first time a land ship (Tank) was used.
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this was a major offensive for the allies with the canadians capturing a majority of the places.
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After 5 months of continous britsh and french charges the win was inconclusive
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Australia managed to attack Noruiel and defend it for the rest of the war
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After Germany promised Mexico part of America if they joined the war effort. After the Mexican leader told Americas president America decared war on Germany.
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The first succsesull bombing raid on London by the Gotha G.IV. A german attack plane.
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On this defensive the french did manage to repel the German attack losing 162,000 people.
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This was one of many of the battles of Ypres. Polygon woods was a big battle for the Australians holding ground for long enough for reinforcments to arive. This battle had a runner for the Germans named Adolph Hitler who was shot but not wounded. This man went on to contribute on WW2
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After planning the Gallipoli landing masacre Winston Churchill was so ashamed he retired.
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I dont know much abou this sorry :(
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The spring offensive or the second battle of the Somme was a massive german invasion all along the western front which was a tactical win for germany but not an objective succes
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The german forces used artillery to bombard paris to decrease french morale
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This was the last offensive of the western front causing the collapse of germany and contributing a major part to the allied victory
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After 4 years of fighting the German empire agree to sign a treaty to declare the end of world war one. It was signed on the elevnth hour of the elevnth day of the elventh month which we now know as remberance day
