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First
World War Militaria |
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The
Birks Foundation one step further than militaria
items. We throughly investigate information
about the war era itself. This gives us a
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Chronology
of First World War
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| Assassination
of Archduke Ferdinand |
28th
June, 1914
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| Austra-Hungary
demands - Serbia arrests - Black Hand |
23rd
July, 1914
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| Serbia
appeals to Russia for help |
24th
July, 1914
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| Serbia
refuses to hand over leaders of the Black Hand
group |
25th
July, 1914
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| Austria-Hungary
declares war on Serbia |
28th
July, 1914
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| Germany
declares war on Russia |
1st
August, 1914
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| Germany
declares war on France |
3rd
August, 1914
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| Moltke
orders the Schlieffen Plan to proceed |
4th
August, 1914
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| German
troops enter Belgium |
4th
August, 1914
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| Great
Britain declares war on Germany |
4th
August, 1914
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| Lord
Kitchener calls for 100,000 men to join
British Army |
7th
August, 1914
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| Big
Bertha used against Liege Forts |
12th
August, 1914
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| Austro-Hungarian
troops invade Serbia |
12th
August, 1914
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| French
troops enter Lorraine |
14th
August, 1914
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| British
Expeditionary Force arrives in France |
22nd
August, 1914
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| Battle
of Mons begins |
23rd
August, 1914
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| French
Army abandons Plan 17 |
24th
August, 1914
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| Battle
of Tannenberg begins |
26th
August, 1914
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| Battle
of Heligoland |
28th
August, 1914
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| War
Propaganda Bureau Writers Conference |
2nd
September, 1914
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| Battle
of the Marne begins |
6th
September, 1914
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| French
troops attack German Army at the River Aisne |
13th
September, 1914
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| Battle
of Albert |
25th
September, 1914
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| Battle
of Arras |
1st
October, 1914
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| First
German aircraft shot down by Allied plane |
5th
October, 1914
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| Battle
of Ypres |
15th
October, 1914
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| Canadian
troops arrive in Britain |
16th
October, 1914
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| Turkey
joins Central Powers |
29th
October, 1914
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| Anglo-Indian
invasion of Mesopotamia |
21st
November, 1914
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| Farman
MF-11 carries out first night bombing raid |
21st
December, 1914
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| Christmas
Truce on the Western Front |
25th
December, 1914
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| South
African forces occupy Swakopmund |
14th
January, 1915
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| Battle
of Dogger Bank |
24th
January, 1915
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| BEF
attacks at Neuve Chapelle |
10th
March, 1915
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| Allied
naval attack on the Dardanelles |
18th
March, 1915
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| Roland
Garros uses deflector plates |
1st
April, 1915
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| German
gas attack at Ypres |
22nd
April, 1915
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| Allied
landings at Gallipoli |
25th
April, 1915
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| Sinking
of the Lusitania |
7th
May, 1915
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| Artois
Offensive |
9th
May, 1915
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| Italy
declares war on Austria-Hungary |
23rd
May, 1915
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| Germany
abandons Ypres offensive |
25th
May, 1915
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| Asquith
forms coalition government |
25th
May, 1915
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| First
Zeppelin raid on London |
31st
May, 1915
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| Isonzo
Offensive begins |
23rd
June, 1915
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| Suvla
Bay Offensive at Gallipoli |
6th
August, 1915
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| Grand
Duke Nikolai sacked as Commander-in-Chief |
5th
September, 1915
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| First
tank demonstrated to British military leaders |
11th
September, 1915
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| Anglo-French
Offensive at Artois-Loos |
25th
September, 1915
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| Allied
troops land at Salonika |
5th
October, 1915
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| Edith
Cavell executed |
12th
October, 1915
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| Sir
Douglas Haig, new BEF commander |
19th
December, 1915
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| Britain
introduces conscription |
2nd
February, 1916
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| German
Verdun Offensive |
21st
February, 1916
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| Germany
declares war on Portugal |
9th
March, 1916
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| Battle
of Jutland |
31st
May, 1916
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| Russian
Brusilov Offensive |
4th
June, 1916
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| Lord
Kitchener killed at sea |
5th
June, 1916
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| Start
of Anglo-French Somme Offensive |
1st
July, 1916
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| Italian
Gorizia Offensive |
9th
August, 1916
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| Hindenburg
becomes German Chief of Staff |
29th
August, 1916
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| First
use of British tanks at Flers-Courcelette |
15th
September, 1916
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| French
recapture Douaumont Fort at Verdun |
24th
October, 1916
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| Somme
Offensive ends |
18th
November, 1916
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| Beatty
replaces Jellicoe as C-in-C of Grand Fleet |
29th
November, 1916
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| Lloyd
George becomes British Prime Minister |
6th
December, 1916
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| Nivelle
becomes French Western Front C-in-C |
12th
December, 1916
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| Zimmermann
Telegram intercepted by Britain |
19th
January, 1917
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| Battle
of Gaza begins |
26th
March, 1917
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| United
States declares war on Germany |
6th
April, 1917
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| Start
of Nivelle Offensive |
9th
April, 1917
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| Start
of Arras offensive |
9th
April, 1917
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| Canadian
Army captures Vimy Ridge |
12th
April, 1917
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| 2nd
Battle of the Aisne begins |
16th
April, 1917
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| French
tanks used for the first time in battle |
17th
April, 1917
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| Petain
becomes French Western Front C-in-C |
15th
May, 1917
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| Maria
Bochkareva forms the Women's Battalion |
16th
May, 1917
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| John
Pershing given command of AEF |
19th
May, 1917
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| British
attack at Messines |
7th
June, 1917
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| United
States troops arrive in France |
25th
June, 1917
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| Greece
declares war on the Central Powers |
29th
June, 1917
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| King
George V changes name to Windsor |
17th
July, 1917
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| British
Offensive at Passchendaele |
12th
October, 1917
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| Italian
Caproretto Offensive |
24th
October, 1917
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| Sir
Frederick Maude dies in Mesopotamia |
18th
November, 1917
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| Massed
tank attack at Cambrai |
20th
November, 1917
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| Bolshevik
government disbands Women's Battalion |
21st
November, 1917
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| Wilson
announces 14 Points Peace Programme |
8th
January, 1918
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| Start
of German Spring Offensive |
21st
March, 1918
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| Foch
appointed Allied Co-ordinator in France |
29th
March, 1918
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| 3rd
Battle of the Aisne begins |
27th
May, 1918
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| Battle
of Le Hamel |
4th
July, 1918
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| 2nd
Battle of the Marne |
15th
July, 1918
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| German
retreat at the Marne |
20th
July, 1918
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| Amiens
Offensive |
8th
August, 1918
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| Allied
breakthrough at Albert |
21st
August, 1918
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| United
States St Mihiel Offensive |
12th
September, 1918
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| Meuse-Argonne
Offensive begins |
26th
September, 1918
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| Canal
du Nord Offensive |
27th
September, 1918
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| Max
von Baden appointed Chancellor of Germany |
3rd
October, 1918
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| Allied
forces capture the Hindenburg Line |
5th
October, 1918
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| Italian
Vittorio Veneto Offensive |
23rd
October, 1918
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| Kaiser
Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates |
9th
November, 1918
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| Armistice |
11th
November, 1918
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| Lloyd
George wins British General Election |
14th
December, 1918
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| Paris
Peace Conference |
12th
January, 1919
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| Treaty
of Versailles signed |
28th
June, 1919
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