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  • Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)
    Nov, 1914
    Armenian Genocide

    Shaykh ul-Islam proclaimed Jihad (Holy War) against the Christians

    Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)
    Nov, 1914

    In November 1914 Shaykh ul-Islam proclaimed Jihad (Holy War) against the Christians: this was later used as a factor to provoke radical masses in the implementation of the Armenian Genocide.




  • Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)
    Monday Nov 2, 1914
    Armenian Genocide

    WWI

    Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)
    Monday Nov 2, 1914

    On 2 November 1914, the Ottoman Empire opened the Middle Eastern theater of World War I by entering hostilities on the side of the Central Powers and against the Allies. The battles of the Caucasus Campaign, the Persian Campaign, and the Gallipoli Campaign affected several populous Armenian centers. Before entering the war, the Ottoman government had sent representatives to the Armenian congress at Erzurum to persuade Ottoman Armenians to facilitate its conquest of Transcaucasia by inciting an insurrection of Russian Armenians against the Russian army in the event a Caucasus front was opened.




  • Belgrade, Serbia
    Nov, 1914
    World War 1

    Belgrade under fire

    Belgrade, Serbia
    Nov, 1914

    Faced with Russia in the east, Austria-Hungary could spare only one-third of its army to attack Serbia. After suffering heavy losses, the Austrians briefly occupied the Serbian capital, Belgrade. A Serbian counter-attack in the Battle of Kolubara succeeded in driving them from the country by the end of 1914. For the first ten months of 1915, Austria-Hungary used most of its military reserves to fight Italy.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Nov, 1914
    Winston Churchill

    Asquith called a War Council

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Nov, 1914

    In November, Asquith called a War Council, consisting of himself, Lloyd George, Edward Grey, Kitchener, and Churchill. Churchill put forward some proposals including the development of the tank and offered to finance its creation with Admiralty funds.




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