WW1

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  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
    Gavrilo Princip, assassinated the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand and his wife.

  • Austria declared war on Serbia

    Although Russia was allied with Serbia, Germany did not believe that she would mobilize.

  • Germany declared war on Russia

    Germany declared war on Russia

  • Germany declared war on France

    German troops poured into Belgium as directed under the Schleiffen Plan.

  • The first British troops land in France

    The first British troops land in France

  • France and Great Britain declare war on Austria-Hungary

  • Japan declared war on Gemany

    Japan declared war on Gemany

  • The Ottoman Empire officially entered WW1

  • Vanceboro international bridge bombing

    Vanceboro international bridge bombing

  • Lusitania Sunk

    Lusitania Sunk

  • The Battle of the Somme