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Germany declares war on France. [14] Belgium denies permission for German forces to pass through to the French border. [15] [16] Politics: Switzerland declares its neutrality and mobilises for defence purposes. [17] [18] Politics: Sweden declares neutrality in the conflict between Germany, Russia and France [6] August 4 Western
World War I was the first war to see major use of planes for offensive, defensive and reconnaissance operations, and both the Entente Powers and the Central Powers used planes extensively. Almost as soon as they were invented, planes were drafted for military service. Battles: 1914 in aviation. Raid on Cuxhaven
World War I – major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers , [ 1 ] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred on the Triple Entente of Britain , France and Russia ) and the Central Powers (originally centred on the Triple Alliance of ...
The United States campaigns in World War I began after American entry in the war in early April 1917. The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) served on the Western Front , under General John J. Pershing , and engaged in 13 official military campaigns between 1917 and 1918, for which campaign streamers were designated.
Western Front; Part of the European theatre of World War I: Clockwise from top left: Men of the Royal Irish Rifles, concentrated in the trench, right before going over the top on the First day on the Somme; British soldier carries a wounded comrade from the battlefield on the first day of the Somme; A young German soldier during the Battle of Ginchy; American infantry storming a German bunker ...
French entry into World War I: Germany declared war on France. 1918: 11 November: World War I: The first armistice at Compiègne was signed between France and Germany, ending the Great War. France regained Alsace-Lorraine. 1923: January: Beginning of Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr. 1924: 13 June: Gaston Doumergue began his term as ...
The Battle of Cantigny, fought May 28, 1918, [4] was the first major American battle and offensive of World War I. [5] The U.S. 1st Division, the most experienced of the five American divisions then in France and in reserve for the French Army near the village of Cantigny, was selected for the attack.
The fateful alliance: France, Russia, and the coming of the First World War (1984) online free to borrow; covers 1890 to 1894. Keiger, John. "Jules Cambon and Franco-German Détente, 1907–1914." Historical Journal 26.3 (1983): 641–659. Keiger, John F. V. (1983). France and the origins of the First World War. Macmillan. ISBN 9780333285527.