(Archduke Franz Ferdinand) at Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 and swiftly developed its major front in E France, where millions died in static trench warfare. After the October Revolution (1917) the Bolsheviks ended Russian participation in the war (Dec 15, 1917). The exhausted Central Powers ...
World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. From the time of its occurrence until the approach of World War II in 1939, it was called simply
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Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne. Following the ...
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World War I - Air Warfare, Trench Warfare, Armistice: Aircraft, including dirigibles (Zeppelins), were used for reconnaissance and bombing attacks. The Royal Air Force (RAF) became the world's first separate air service. In 1917 peace overtures were bein
German soldiers celebrating Christmas in a trench during World War I. Yanks at the front World War IMembers of the American 132nd Infantry, 33rd Division, in a front line trench. The German line is about 1,200 yards (1,100 metres) from this point.U.S. Signal Corps/The National Archive...
November 5, 1914 - Great Britain and France declare war on the Ottoman Empire. April 22-May 25, 1915 - Second Battle of Ypres, marking the first wide-scale use of poison gas by Germany. May 7, 1915 - A German U-20 submarine sinks the British passenger ship, the Lusitania; 1,198...
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Largest and bloodiest war France and GB against Germany. Allied troops gained 7 miles, relieving pressure on the French troops in the battle of Verdun. Western front. First Battle of the Marne 30 miles outside Paris the French and GB vs. the Germans beginning of trench warfare, Paris was ...