Num
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Date
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Event
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Answer
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1
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28 June 1914
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Assassination of Archduke _____ _________
|
Franz Ferdinand
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2
|
28 July 1914
|
______-_______ declares war on ______
|
Austria-Hungary Serbia
|
3
|
1 August 1914
|
_______ declares war on ______
|
Germany Russia
|
4
|
2 August 1914
|
_______ invades __________
|
Germany Luxembourg
|
5
|
3 August 1914
|
_______ invades ______
|
Germany France
|
6
|
4 August 1914
|
_______ declares war on _______
|
Britain Germany
|
7
|
7 Aug - 6 Sep 1914
|
Battles of the _________: German advance through Belgium into France halted at river Marne
|
Frontiers
|
8
|
17 Sep - 19 Oct 1914
|
Race to the ___ as each side tries to prevent encirclement by the other (indecisive)
|
Sea
|
8.5
|
19 Oct 1914 - 11 Nov 1918
|
_______ _____ dug in from North Sea to Swiss frontier and moved little
|
Western Front
|
9
|
24 Oct 14 - 30 Oct 2018
|
________ Campaign between Russia and Central powers results in victory to Central powers with successive treaties ceded during 2018
|
Caucasus
|
10
|
28 Oct 1914
|
_______ ______ bombs Russian Black Sea ports.
|
Ottoman Empire
|
11
|
19 Feb 15 - 9 Jan 1916
|
_________ Campaign results in victory to Ottoman Empire and retreat of British and French invasion forces to Egypt
|
Gallipoli
|
12
|
7 May 1915
|
Sinking of the _________ with many US citizens on board
|
Lusitania
|
13
|
4 Oct 1915
|
________ declares war on ______, partly to regain land lost in the second Balkan War
|
Bulgaria Serbia
|
13.5
|
21 Feb - 18 Dec 2016
|
Battle of ______. First use of chemical warfare. Zone rouge still too contaminated for use; 2007 a mine killed two workers decontaminating
|
Verdun
|
14
|
31 May - 1 Jun 1916
|
Battle of _______. Britain stunned by no naval victory.
|
Jutland
|
15
|
1 Jul - 18 Nov 1916
|
Battle of the _____. If it was an Allied victory, it cost 1,224,000 lives from both sides
|
Somme
|
16
|
6 April 1917
|
___ declares war on _______
|
USA Germany
|
16.5
|
31 Jul - 10 Nov 1917
|
Battle of _____________ to retake a key Belgian town (alternative name) from this ridge.
|
Passchendaele
|
17
|
3 March 1918
|
Russia signs Treaty of ____-_______ to halt Central powers’ advance
|
Brest-Litovsk
|
18
|
21 Mar - 18 Jul 1918
|
______ Offensive in West as Central powers try to win with troops freed from Caucasus before USA can mobilise
|
Ludendorff
|
20
|
8 - 12 Aug 1918
|
Battle of ______ begins fully turning back of German western forces
|
Amiens
|
21
|
8 Aug - 11 Nov 1918
|
_______ ____ Offensive as Allies retake almost all of French losses and advance into Belgium
|
Hundred Days
|
22
|
9 Nov 1918
|
________ abdicates
|
Kaiser Wilhelm II
|
23
|
11 Nov 1918
|
_________ signed at Redonthes, France at 11am.
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Armistice
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