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| 1912 |
| | | The Kaiser and his advisers decide to postpone a preventive war against France and Russia | |
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| 1912 |
| | | By a prearranged plan Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia together launch the First Balkan War against Turkey | |
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| 1912 |
| | | An armistice agreed between the Ottoman empire and three of the Balkan states ends the war in the Balkans | |
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| 1913 |
| | | The Vickers Fighting Biplane No 1 is unveiled in London at the Olympia Aero Show as the world's first purpose-built fighter plane | |
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| 1913 |
| | | The Treaty of London, ending the First Balkan War, allows Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia to divide up much of European Turkey | |
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| 1913 |
| | | Bulgaria launches the Second Balkan War, in the end to the great detriment of Bulgarian interests | |
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| 1913 |
| | | The Balkan states and the Ottoman empire agree an armistice in Bucharest, ending the Second Balkan War | |
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| 1914 |
| | | Ivor Novello has a great success with his topical song Keep the Home Fires Burning (with lyrics by Lena Ford) | |
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| 1914 June 28 |
| | | Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip | |
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| 1914 |
| | | Austria-Hungary plans to attack Serbia, in response to the assassination of the archduke, and seeks a guarantee of German support | |
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