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The Road To War<\/strong><\/h4>\n

1 Conditions for WW I<\/a><\/p>\n

2 August 1914: The Invasion of Belgium and France<\/a><\/p>\n

3 August – September 1914: The Eastern and Balkan Fronts<\/p>\n

4 September – November 1914: The Marne and First Ypres<\/a><\/p>\n

5 October – December 1914: The East\u00a0\/ Poland, Galicia, Serbia<\/p>\n

The Widening War<\/strong><\/h4>\n

6 January 1915 – January 1916: The Gallipoli Campaign \/ Dardanelles<\/p>\n

7 November 1914 – April 1916: Turkey \/ Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Egypt<\/p>\n

8 April – December 1915: Italy Enters the\u00a0War<\/p>\n

9 August – December 1914: China and the Pacific<\/p>\n

10 August 1914 – September 1916: Africa<\/p>\n

The Increasing Role of the State in War<\/strong><\/h4>\n

11\u00a0January – December 1915: France and Flanders<\/a><\/p>\n

12 January – December 1915: Poland, Galicia, Serbia<\/p>\n

13 August 1914 – November 1918: The Rising Cost of War on the Home Front<\/p>\n

Battles of Attrition<\/strong><\/h4>\n

14 February 21 – December 18, 1916: Battle of Verdun<\/p>\n

15 March 18, 1916 – January 1917: Eastern Front \/ Russia<\/a><\/p>\n

16 June 24 – November 18, 1916: Battle of the Somme<\/a><\/p>\n

17 March – December 1917: France and Flanders<\/p>\n

18 March – December 1917: Russia \/ Revolution and War<\/p>\n

19 March 1916 – December 1917: The Italian Front \/ Isonzo<\/p>\n

20 January 9 – December 11, 1917: Mesopotamia and Palestine<\/p>\n

The Last Great Battles<\/strong><\/h4>\n

21 December 9, 1917 – December 31, 1917: Peace talks and Russian Civil War<\/p>\n

22 March 21 – July 17, 1918: The Western Front \/ German Offensives<\/p>\n

23 July 18 – October 3, 1918: The Western front \/ Allied Advance<\/p>\n

24 June 15 – November 11, 1918: Collapse of Germany’s Allies (Italy, Salonica, Middle East)<\/p>\n

25 October 4 – November 11, 1918: The Western Front \/ Armistice?<\/p>\n

Events Beyond the Battlefields<\/strong><\/h4>\n

August 1914 – November 1918: The Home Front<\/p>\n

The War at Sea: August 1914 – November 1918<\/p>\n

Aerial Warfare: 1914 – 1918<\/p>\n

Events in the USA: August 1914 – June 1917<\/p>\n

1919 – 1923: Aftermath of the War<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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