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Timeline. June 28, 1914. Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated. July 28, 1914. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I. August 2-7, 1914. Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium. France invades Alsace. British forces arrive in France.
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World War 1 Timeline June 28, 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, the night before their 14th wedding anniversary, are killed in Bosnia and as a result Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia. July 30, 1914: France and Germany who are already fighting over land ownership begin to rally their troops along with Russia
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This interactive visual timeline created under the auspices of the American Battle Monuments Commission includes events from 1914-1918 as well as context to better understand the pre-war buildup and post-war consequences of the Great War.
Although the United States did not enter the war until April 6, 1917, some documents on this list relate to the war in Europe prior to that date. Post-war documents related to WWI veterans
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An international team of leading historians charts how a war made possible by globalization and imperial expansion unfolded into catastrophe, growing year by year in scale and destructive power far beyond that which anyone had anticipated in 1914.
May 21, 2013 · Experience the history of World War I, “The Great War,” through an interactive timeline and map available on the American Battle Monuments Commission’s (ABMC) website. This new visual interactive timeline and map is the latest in digital initiatives released by ABMC.
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An international team of leading historians chart how a war made possible by globalisation and imperial expansion unfolded into catastrophe, growing year by year in scale and destructive power far beyond what anyone had anticipated in 1914. Adopting a global perspective, the volume analyses the spatial