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Edward VIII - WWI

Time: Tuesday Jul 28, 1914 at 11:56:00 AM

Place: Europe

Details: When the First World War broke out in 1914, Edward had reached the minimum age for active service and was keen to participate.

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On This Day - 28 July

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Tuesday Jul 28, 1750 - Leipzig, Germany
Muhammad Ali Pasha
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Thursday Jul 28, 1808 - Ottoman Empire
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Adolf Hitler
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Tuesday Jul 28, 1914 - Germany
Palace of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles-Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
Tuesday Jul 28, 1914 - Serbia
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Tuesday Jul 28, 1914 - Austria-Hungary
Battle of Madrid (Spanish Civil War)
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Saturday Jul 28, 1917 - Spain
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 - Älmhult, Sweden
Hugo Chávez
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1954 - Sabaneta, Venezuela
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Thursday Jul 28, 1983 - East Germany, Germany
Michael Jordan
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Saturday Jul 28, 1984 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Iran-Iraq War Image
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Thursday Jul 28, 1988 - Kerend-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, Iran
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28 July 1914

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Tuesday Jul 28, 1914 - Germany
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July 1914

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1914

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Jun, 1914 - Atlantic Ocean
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1914 - London, England, United Kingdom
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1914 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World War 1-Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination
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Sunday Jun 28, 1914 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
United Nations
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Sunday Jun 28, 1914 - Sarajevo, Kingdom of Serbia (Present-Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Jul, 1914 - Jamaica
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Jul, 1914 - Ustyluh, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine
Mexican Revolution
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Jul, 1914 - Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Marcus Garvey
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Wednesday Jul 15, 1914 - Jamaica
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Monday Jul 20, 1914 - France
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey-UNIA officially expressed its loyalty to the British Empire
1914 - Jamaica
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Thursday Jul 23, 1914 - Austria-Hungary
World War 1-Serbia Responds
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Jul, 1914 - Serbia
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Tuesday Jul 28, 1914 - Germany
Palace of Versailles
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Tuesday Jul 28, 1914 - Serbia
World War 1-Deceleration of the War
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Tuesday Jul 28, 1914 - Austria-Hungary
World War 1-Russian Support
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Wednesday Jul 29, 1914 - Russia
World War 1-Germany Responds."state of danger of war"
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Friday Jul 31, 1914 - Germany
New York Stock Exchange
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Friday Jul 31, 1914 - New York City, New York, U.S.
World War 1-Wrong Information
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Saturday Aug 1, 1914 - Germany
Winston Churchill
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Aug, 1914 - London, England, United Kingdom
World War 1-Germany entered into World War I
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Saturday Aug 1, 1914 - Germany
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Aug, 1914 - East Prussia,(Germany that time)
World War 1-France is in the war
World War 1-France is in the war
Monday Aug 3, 1914 - France
X-ray
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1914 - France
World War 1-War in Africa
World War 1-War in Africa
Monday Aug 10, 1914 - South Africa
World War 1-Kolubara battles
World War 1-Kolubara battles
Aug, 1914 - Serbia
World War 1-Battle of Cer
World War 1-Battle of Cer
Saturday Aug 15, 1914 - Serbia
Charles de Gaulle
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Saturday Aug 15, 1914 - Dinant, Belgium
World War 1-Battle of the Frontiers
World War 1-Battle of the Frontiers
Saturday Aug 22, 1914 - Belgium and France
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey-Garvey met Amy Ashwood
Aug, 1914 - Jamaica
World War 1-German intervention
World War 1-German intervention
Friday Aug 28, 1914 - Germany
Mussolini biografia
Benito Mussolini-Mussolini supported the socialist parties
1914 - Italy
World War 1-New Zealand occupied German Samoa
World War 1-New Zealand occupied German Samoa
Sunday Aug 30, 1914 - Samoa
Irish War of Independence
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Sep, 1914 - Ireland
World War 1-Battle of Marne
World War 1-Battle of Marne
Saturday Sep 5, 1914 - France
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Benito Mussolini-Mussolini decried socialism
Saturday Sep 5, 1914 - Italy
Winston Churchill
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Sep, 1914 - London, England, United Kingdom
World War 1-Race to the Sea
World War 1-Race to the Sea
Saturday Sep 12, 1914 - France and Belgium
IBM
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1914 - New York, U.S.
Irish War of Independence
Irish War of Independence-Third Home Rule Act
Friday Sep 18, 1914 - Ireland
Yasunari Kawabata
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1914 - Osaka, Japan
World War 1-Czechoslovak Legion
World War 1-Czechoslovak Legion
Sep, 1914 - Russia
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill-Churchill visited Antwerp to observe Belgian defenses against the besieging Germans
Oct, 1914 - Antwerp, Belgium
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle rejoined his regiment
1914 - France
Winston Churchill
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Wednesday Oct 7, 1914 - London, England, United Kingdom
World War 1-Battles of Penang
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Wednesday Oct 28, 1914 - Penang island
Armenian Genocide
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Nov, 1914 - Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)
Armenian Genocide
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Monday Nov 2, 1914 - Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)
World War 1-Belgrade under fire
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Nov, 1914 - Belgrade, Serbia
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill-Asquith called a War Council
Nov, 1914 - London, England, United Kingdom
Charles de Gaulle
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Dec, 1914 - France
MOTHER'S DAY
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1914 - U.S.
Armenian Genocide
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Thursday Dec 24, 1914 - Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)
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