World War 1 timeline
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Brusilov Offensive - Battle of Galicia, Battle of Lutsk and the Battle of Bukovina (Bokowina)
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Arabia Declares Independence from Turkey (the Ottoman Empire) and Establishes the Kingdom of Hejazi
Arab Forces, 40,000 Sherif Hussein Emir Abdullah Emir Fei sal Emir Zeid Emir Shalan Emir Idrissi Turkish Forces, 10,000 Khaleb... Read more
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Italian Counter Offensive Against Austria, and the Sixth and Seventh Battles of the Isonzo
Italian Army, 500,000 General Caclorna General Pecori-Giraldi Duke of Aosta Austrian Army, 600,000 Archduke Charles of Austria Field... Read more
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Battle of the Somme
Allied Forces, 1,500,000 General Ferdinand Foch, Commander-in-Chief British Army, 700,000 General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander General Sir Henry... Read more
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Battle Of Delville Wood
The Battle of Delville Wood was one of the early engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First World War. It took place between 14 July... Read more
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Battle Of Bazentin Ridge
The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, launched by the British Fourth Army at dawn on 14 July 1916, marked the start of the second phase of the Battle of... Read more
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Battle Of Romani
The Battle of Romani took place near the Egyptian town of Romani which lies 23 miles (37 km) east of the Suez Canal near the Mediterranean shore of... Read more
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Sixth Battle Of The Isonzo
The Sixth Battle of the Isonzo also known as the Battle of Gorizia was the most successful Italian offensive along the Isonzo River during World... Read more
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Romania Declares War on Austria-Hungary
The Romanian people rather inclined toward the side of the Allies from the beginning of the War, but they were prevented from following their... Read more
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Romanian Campaign - The Burning of Constanza and the Evacuation of Bucharest
Romanian Army, 600,000 General Averescu General Asian Russian Army, 50,000 General Sakharov General Zaionchovsky Austro-German Army,... Read more
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Italy Declares War on Germany
The Italian campaign refers to a series of battles fought between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Italy, along with their allies, in northern... Read more
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Turkey Declares War on Romania
The Romanian Campaign was a campaign in the Balkan theatre of World War I, with Romania and Russia allied against the armies of the Central... Read more
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British Seize 33 American Vessels - The United States Denounces British Blockade as Illegal and Ineffective
The seizure by Great Britain of many American merchant vessels, laden with meat and other cargoes, while on the way to neutral ports, was the... Read more
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Bulgaria Declares War on Romania
In 1915 Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Thompson, a fluent French speaker, was sent to Bucharest as British military attaché on Kitchener's... Read more
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Battle Of Guillemont
The Battle of Guillemont was a British assault on the German-held village of Guillemont during the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Guillemont lay on... Read more
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Battle Of Flers-Courcelette
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, which began on 15 September 1916 and lasted for one week, was the third and last of the large-scale offensives... Read more
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Seventh Battle Of The Isonzo
The Seventh Battle of the Isonzo was fought from September 14-17, 1916 between the armies of the Kingdom of Italy and those of Austria-Hungary. Read more
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Eighth Battle Of The Isonzo
The Eighth Battle of the Isonzo was fought from October 10-12, 1916 between Italy and Austria-Hungary. The Eighth Battle of the Isonzo, fought... Read more
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Ninth Battle Of The Isonzo
The Ninth Battle of the Isonzo was an Italian offensive against Austria-Hungary in the course World War I. Including a triumvirate of battles... Read more
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Germany Makes First Peace Proposal to Allied Nations
Allies Restate Their War Aims Upon Invitation of President Wilson In the closing days of 1916, bedeviled Germany donned the livery of Heaven,... Read more
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German Armies Retreat 25 Miles to New Hindenberg Line
As They Withdraw, German Army Destroys 2,000 Villages, Towns and Cities Allied Forces, 2,500,000 General Robert Nivelle, Commander-in-Chief... Read more
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The Zimmerman Telegram - Germany Begins Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
United States Adopts a Policy of "Armed Neutrality," Germans Sink 7,000 Vessels Germany, with feverish speed, had been multiplying her fleets of... Read more
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United States Severs Diplomatic Relations With Germany
On January 31, 1917, Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador to the United States, notified this Government that on the following day, February... Read more
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President Wilson Asks Congress to Establish a State of Armed Neutrality
The Germans, while continuing to sink defenceless American vessels, still moved with a degree of caution after the severance of diplomatic... Read more
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Fall of Baghdad (1917)
On 11 March 1917, the British Indian Army fighting the Ottoman Turks in the First World War, after a series of defeats, captured Baghdad in a... Read more