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The assasination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.
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World War 1
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Russia mobilizes
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Germany delares war on france
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German troops invade Belgium.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany
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Britain declares war on the Ottoman Empire ally of Germany.
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The ANACS land on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
On this day at dawn the ANZACS landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula -
more than 1700 casualties had been evacuated from the area of the Anzac landing.
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Stretcher bearer John Simpson Kirkpatrick died at Gallipoli but his fame of ' Simpson and his Donkey' lives on.
On this day the famous stretcher bearer John Simpson Kirkpatrick died from gun shots at Gallipoli during the third attack on ANZAC cove. -
A truce between the Turks and the ANZACS allow both to bury their dead lying in no-man's-land before they fight again.
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Battle of Sari Bair, also known as the August Offensive, commences
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The ANZAC's surrendered and evacuated before dawn
The ANZACS left early this morning as they suurendered to the strong forces of the Turks. -
The Battle of Verdun begins
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This day marks the start of the battle of Somme
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For the first time the Australian soldiers fight on the western front at the battle Fromelles
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The U.S enter the war
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The famous cavaly charge of the battle of Beersheba is carried out by the Australian Lighthorse
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Germany signs the Armistice at Compiegne, France. Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month (11 a.m. on November 11).
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The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WW1
