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A timeline of WWI, the first global conflict


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A timeline of WWI, the first global conflict



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June 28, 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated



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July 23, 1914: Austria-Hungary demands retribution from Serbia; Serbia bucks demands



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July 28, 1914: WWI begins with Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia



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Aug. 1, 1914: Germany declares war on Russia



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Aug. 3, 1914: Schlieffen Plan; Germany declares war on France



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Aug. 4, 1914: Germany invades Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany



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Aug. 7, 1914: France invades Alsace



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Aug. 10, 1914: Austria-Hungary invades Russia



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Aug. 23-29, 1914: Battle of Tannenberg



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Sept. 5, 1914: Treaty of London



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Sept. 5-12, 1914: First Battle of the Marne



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Oct. 19-Nov. 30, 1914: First Battle of Ypres



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Nov. 2, 1914: British begin a naval blockade of Germany



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Nov. 5, 1914: Britain, France declare war on Ottoman Empire



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Nov. 11, 1914: Ottoman Empire declares war on the Allies



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Dec. 24, 1914: The unofficial Christmas truce



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Feb. 18, 1915: Germany begins a naval blockade of Great Britain



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April 22, 1915: Second Battle of Ypres



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April 25, 1915: Allies attack Ottoman Empire at Battle of Gallipoli



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May 7, 1915: German U-boat torpedoes Lusitania



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May 23, 1915: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary



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Feb. 21, 1916: Germany attacks Verdun



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May 31, 1916: Naval Battle of Jutland



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July 1, 1916: First Battle of the Somme



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Dec. 18, 1916: Battle of Verdun ends



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Feb. 1, 1917: Germany restarts unrestricted submarine warfare following Lusitania attack



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Feb. 3, 1917: US severs diplomatic relations with Germany



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April 6, 1917: US declares war on Germany



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June 7, 1917: Gen. John J. Pershing reaches England



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June 24, 1917: American combat forces arrive in France



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Nov. 20, 1917: British offensive brings first large-scale, wartime use of tanks



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Dec. 15, 1917: Russia, Germany sign armistice



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Jan. 8, 1918: President Woodrow Wilson presents Fourteen Points to Congress



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Feb. 8, 1918: The Stars and Stripes begins publication



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March 1918: Bilingual American women recruited as Hello Girls



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March 3, 1918: Russia, Germany sign Treaty of Brest-Litovsk



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March 21, 1918: Germany begins final war offensive



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May 28, 1918: US wins Battle of Cantigny



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July 15-Aug. 6, 1918: Americans thwart Germans crossing the Marne



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Sept. 12, 1918: American First Army attacks Saint-Mihiel salient



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Sept. 26, 1918: Allied forces begin final war offensive



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Nov. 11, 1918: Germany signs Armistice at Compiègne



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Dec. 1, 1918: British, American forces arrive in Germany



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Jan. 18, 1919: Peace conference begins in Paris



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Feb. 14, 1919: Draft of the covenant of the League of Nations



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June 28, 1919: Treaty of Versailles signed by Allied, German forces; US signs treaty of guaranty



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Nov. 19, 1919: US Senate does not ratify Treaty of Versailles



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Jan. 10, 1920: Treaty of Versailles takes effect



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March 19, 1920: US Senate neglects to ratify Treaty of Versailles for a second time



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Aug. 24-29, 1921: US signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary


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