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WW I Dominik Haž
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Basic facts 1914-1918 Also known as the Great War or The War to end all wars First global military conflict About 10 million combatants killed, 20 million wounded
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Reasons Rivalship between Great Britain and Germany Rivalship between Germany and France End of the Austrio-Russian alliance Rise of new alliances: Allies (Great Britain, France and Russia) and Central Powers (Germany and Ausria-Hungary)
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1914 28th June - Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip 28th July - Austria declares war on Serbia 1st August - Germany declares war on France 3rd August - Germany declares war on Russia 4th August - German invasion to Belgium, Great Britain declares war on Germany September - first Battle of the Marne, German drive stopped 25 miles from Paris
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1915 February - German submarine blokade of Great Britain April - Germans first use gas at second Battle of Ypres 7th May - Lusitania sunk by German submarine (1198 lost) May – Italy passes from Central Forces to Alliance 6th September - German and Austrian „Great offensive“ on Eastern Front – conquers all of Poland and Lithuania, Russians lost 1 million men 14th October – Great Britain and France declare war on Bulgaria
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1916 February – Battle of Verdun – Germans and French each lose about 350000 men May – British-German naval Battle of Jutland July-November – Battle of the Somme – Great Britain first use tanks 27th August - Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary
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1917 6th April – USA declares war on Germany October – Russian revolution – armistice and negotiations with Germany October-December – Battle of Caporetto on Italian Front – Italians retreat November – On Western Front Battles of Arras, Champagne and Ypres 7th December- USA declares war on Austria- Hungary
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1918 March-June – Great offensive by Germans June – Battle of Chateau-Thierry – French and Americans stop Germans July-August – Battle of the Marne-start of Allied offensive September – British offensive in Palestine 4th October – Germans ask for armistice October – British armistice wit Turkey 11th November – end of war
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Technology Trenches were defended by mines, machnie guns and artillery First were used tanks, aircraft and gas (as weapons)
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Field Marshal Douglas Haig 1st Earl Haig Commander of British Expeditionary Force Battle of Somme and 3rd Battle of Ypres One of the most controversial commander in British history
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