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18th October 1914 Firstbattle of Ypres. 29th of October 1914 Turkey joins Germany On the 29t1 of October 1914 Turkey joined Germany because they wanted revenge on the Balkans for their defeat in the Balkan war. They were also enemies of Britain and Russia because Britain and Russia did not allow Turkey oil. On the of November 1914 Russia declared war on Turkey and on the 5’ of November Britain and France declared war on Turkey. This is how Turkey came to participate in the war in the central powers. 4 * .1 29th October 1914 Trench warfare started to dominate Western Front. I
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On Christmas eve all of the soldiers stopped fighting and sang carols. They also played games and they were friends over Christmas. They did all of this on No man’s land. No man’s land is a place of peace and quiet. On no man’s land they placed all the dead bodies. It was called No man’s land because it does not belong to anyone. On Christmas day they heard the German trench singing to a band. Also the Germans and Britain’s went to No man’s land to play some football. After Christmas day they went back to their trenches to have war again. January 19 1915
Britain suffered from it’s first air raid. Two German zeppelins dropped bombs on Great Yarmouth and Kings in Lynn the eastern I__I_._. coast of England. The zeppelin a German airship, was invented by Germans in 1900. One zeppelin turned back after mechanical problems but the other two zeppelins sucseeded in bombing costal towns of England. s’/.:: r. —
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10th March 1915 Stalemate on the Western Front. 25th April 1915 Battle of GallipoliInTurkey. 7th May 1915 The Britishpassenger ship, the Lusitania,issunk by a German U-Boat’s torpedoes. 3lth May 1915 The first Zeppelin raid on London. 1915 Women take up men ‘sjobs at home, such as working on trains and buses. 27th January 1916 Conscription introduced in Britain. 21st February 1916 The Battle of Verdun begins. 31th May 1916 The Battle of Jutland. 1st July 1916 Start of the Battle of the Somme. 4- -4 -
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