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France - Britain - Russia
France - Britain - Russia
• 1914
- Archduke Ferdinand assassinated; war declared
- Battle of Mons
- First Canadian troops to U.K. for training
- First Battle of Ypres
• 1915
- First Canadians in France
- Second Battle of Ypres
- Actions at Festubert and Givenchy
- Allied withdrawal from Gallipoli
• 1916
- Beginning of Battle of Verdun
- Battle of Jutland
- Battle of Mont Sorrel
- Battle of the Somme
- Italy declares war on Germany
• 1917
- Germany begins unrestricted submarine warfare
- United States declares war on Germany
- Battle of Arras, Battle of the Scarpe
- Third Battle of Ypres
- Second Battle od Verdun
- Russia sings armistice with Germany
• 1918
- US President Wilson announces Fourteen Points
- German offensives at the Somme, Ypres
- German offensive on the Aisne
- Second Battle of the Marne
- Battle of Amiens
- Second Battles of the Somme and of Arras
- Final allied offensive on the Western Front
- Bulgaria, Austria, and Germany sing Armistice.
Facing this threat of a war on two fronts: first, his armies will advance
through neutral Belgium to encircle and destroy the French armies near Paris
and win a quick victory. His forces can then move east to engage Russia,
where the massive army will take much longer. And so, Germany declares
war on France.