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Timeline: Von Schlieffen plan February 14 1915 Eastern front After a relative calm due to bad weather the battle flares up along the whole front line. February 15 1915 Eastern front Russian lines are shattered in several places and the tsar assumes command of the Russian army. He has to order a general retreat. February 19 1915 Dardanelles The British fleet bombards Turkish artillery positions in the Dardanelles in support of the Russians. February 21 1915 Eastern front All Russian armies make a fighting retreat. February 28 1915 Minsk March 14 1915 Minsk March 17 1915 Minsk March 18 1915 Dardanelles

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rdfs:label	Russia gives up (Von Schlieffen plan)
rdfs:comment	Timeline: Von Schlieffen plan February 14 1915 Eastern front After a relative calm due to bad weather the battle flares up along the whole front line. February 15 1915 Eastern front Russian lines are shattered in several places and the tsar assumes command of the Russian army. He has to order a general retreat. February 19 1915 Dardanelles The British fleet bombards Turkish artillery positions in the Dardanelles in support of the Russians. February 21 1915 Eastern front All Russian armies make a fighting retreat. February 28 1915 Minsk March 14 1915 Minsk March 17 1915 Minsk March 18 1915 Dardanelles
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abstract	Timeline: Von Schlieffen plan February 14 1915 Eastern front After a relative calm due to bad weather the battle flares up along the whole front line. February 15 1915 Eastern front Russian lines are shattered in several places and the tsar assumes command of the Russian army. He has to order a general retreat. February 19 1915 Dardanelles The British fleet bombards Turkish artillery positions in the Dardanelles in support of the Russians. February 21 1915 Eastern front All Russian armies make a fighting retreat. February 28 1915 Minsk The Tsar orders his generals to hold their ground in front of Minsk. The Russians start digging in and trench warfare starts. March 14 1915 Minsk General Ludendorf opens the battle of Minsk with an artillery barrage that will last three days. March 17 1915 Minsk Russian forces break at Minsk. The retreat becomes an unstoppable rout. German cavalry cuts off the retreat and soon whole armies are surrounded. March 18 1915 Dardanelles In support of the Russians the British Grand Fleet tries to force its way through the Dardanelles. The hope is to open a supply line to the Black Sea. The effort is unsuccessful. Three battleships are sunk by mines. March 22 1915 Minsk Minsk is taken by the Germans. 500,000 Russians become prisoners of war. There are no more significant Russian forces between Minsk and Moscow. March 23 1915 Riga The Baltic city of Riga falls to the German forces. St. Petersburg is now threatened. April 4 1915 Odessa Odessa on the Black Sea falls to Austrian-Hungarian armies supported by some German divisions. April 14 1915 Eastern front The tsar recognizes that the Germans can't be stopped and calls for an armistice. Fighting on the Eastern front ends at 11:00. Rumania enters war Rumanians enter war on side of Central Powers April 16 1915 Eastern front Peace negotiations between Germany and Russia are opened in Brest-Litovsk. April 25 1915 Eastern front The Tsar refuses extravagant German territorial demands. The new proposed border between Germany and Russia would run from Riga to Rostov, adding one million sq km to Germany. negotiations are broken off. April 28 1915 Eastern front German troops advance far into Russia without meeting resistance. May 14 1915 Eastern front The Tsar accepts German demands. German troops have in any case reached the new proposed borders. A peace treaty is signed in Brest-Litovk. Only Great Britain is now at war with Germany and the central powers.

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