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Key events of WW1 Flashcards

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Crown Prince Archduke Franz Ferdinand assasination

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June 28th 1914

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Austria declared war on Serbia

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July 28th 1914 - August 3rd 1914

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Battle of Marne

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September 6th 1914 - September 12th 1914

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Gallipoli Campaign

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February 19th 1915 - January 9th 1916

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Verdun - The longest battle

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February 21st 1916 - December 18th 1916

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Somme - The bloodiest battle

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July 1st 1916 - November 18th 1916

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Revolution in Russia - Bolshevik Revolution

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March 8th 1917 - June 16th 1923

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United States enters war

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April 6th 1917

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French Soldiers Mutiny

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May 3rd 1917

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10
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The signing of Armistice

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November 11th 1918

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Germany sinks HMS Lusitania

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May 7th 1915

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The first battle of Ypres

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October 19th 1914 - November 22nd 1914

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The second battle of Ypres

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April 22nd 1915 - May 25th 1915

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Battle of Passchendaele / The third battle of Ypres

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July 31st 1917 - November 10th 1917

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Britain and France declare war on the Ottoman Empire

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November 5th 1914

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German zeppelin raids

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January 10th 1915

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Germany initiates unrestricted submarine warfare policy

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February 4th 1915

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British and French troops land on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire

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April 25th 1915

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Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering WW1 on the side of the Allies

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May 23rd 1915

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Allied troops move through Mesopotamia to capture Baghdad from the Ottomans

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September 28th 1915

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A combined force of Austro-Hungarians and Germans (and later Bulgarians) invade Serbia

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October 6th 1915

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British Red Cross nurse, Edith Cavell, is arrested and executed in Brussels

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October 7th 1915 - October 12th 1915

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Great Britain and France secretly sign the Sykes-Picot Agreement

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May 16th 1916

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Battle of Jutland

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May 31st 1916 - June 1st 1916

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Arab nationalists revolt against Ottoman rule in the “Great Arab Rising.”

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June 5th 1916

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The U.S. cuts off diplomatic relations with Germany

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February 3rd 1917

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British intelligence intercepts the Zimmermann Telegram

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March 1st 1917

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Germany sinks the SS Aztec

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April 1st 1917

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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson delivers a war message to Congress

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April 2nd 1917

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General John J. Pershing selected as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces

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May 25th 1917

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Congress passes the Espionage Act

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June 15th 1917

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Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks assume complete control over the new Soviet Russian state

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November 7th 1917

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The British capture Jerusalem from the Ottomans

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December 9th 1917

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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points for peace

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January 8th 1918

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Russia and Germany sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, officially removing Russia from World War I

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March 3rd 1918

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Battle of Cantigny

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May 28th 1918

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Bolsheviks murder the former czar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his family

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July 17th 1918

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Battle of Saint-Mihiel

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September 12th 1918 - September 15th 1918

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Meuse-Argonne Offensive

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September 26th 1918

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Battle of Vittorio Veneto

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October 24th 1918 - November 3rd 1918

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German Kaiser Wilhelm II resigns and flees to Holland

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November 9th 1918

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Allied troops move into Germany and begin occupation

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December 1st 1918

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Allied nations propose constitution for the League of Nations

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February 14th 1919

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Germany is forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles

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June 28th 1919

45
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The Treaty of Sevres officially ends the war between the Allies and the Ottoman Empire

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August 10th 1920

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