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World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

Timeline of Events

1915

5.9.1915

World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.

5.23.1915

World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.

5.24.1915

World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.

7.7.1915

World War I: end of First Battle of the Isonzo.

9.25.1915

World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

10.5.1915

Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.

10.12.1915

World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

12.20.1915

World War I: Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli.

1916

1.9.1916

World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.

1.29.1916

World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.

2.21.1916

World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.

4.9.1916

World War I: The Battle of Verdun

4.29.1916

World War I: The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.

5.31.1916

World War I: Battle of Jutland

6.24.1916

World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line.

7.1.1916

World War I: First day on the Somme

7.19.1916

World War I: Battle of Fromelles

7.20.1916

World War I: In Armenia, Russian troops capture Gumiskhanek.

8.2.1916

World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship ''Leonardo da Vinci'' in Taranto.

8.27.1916

Romania declares war against Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations.

9.15.1916

World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.

9.17.1916

World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.

11.18.1916

World War I: First Battle of the Somme ends – In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

11.21.1916

World War I: A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people.

12.6.1916

World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

12.18.1916

World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of Staff Erich Von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French and British, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

12.19.1916

World War I: Battle of Verdun

1917

1.22.1917

World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.

2.3.1917

World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany a day after the latter announced a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.

2.24.1917

World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.

3.11.1917

World War I: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.

3.26.1917

World War I: First Battle of Gaza

4.2.1917

World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.

4.6.1917

World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).

4.12.1917

World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.

5.18.1917

World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.

6.5.1917

World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".

6.7.1917

World War I: Battle of Messines

6.13.1917

World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.

6.13.1917

World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.

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