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#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/25/2010 #1

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, Canakkale Governor Abdulkadir Atalik, and Australia’s Governor-General Quentin Bryce attend a ceremony at the Turkish memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey, Saturday, April 24th 2010. Key and Ms Bryce will attend ANZAC Day commemorations in Gallipoli in western Turkey on Sunday on the 95th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings. The annual Anzac Day ceremony remembers the forces of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps under British command who fought a bloody nine-month battle against Turkish forces on the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915.
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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/12/2014 #2

A tree grows in the World War One London trench at Douaumont near Verdun, northeastern France, March 30th, 2014. After the recapture of Fort Douaumont and Fort Vaux by French troops in late 1916, this trench was built to join the town of Belleville to Fort Douaumont and the ruined town of Douaumont in order to deliver supplies, relieve troops and for hospital evacuation. The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One.
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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/26/2014 #1

A veteran is pushed in a wheelchair during the ANZAC Day parade, in Sydney, Australia, commemorating the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the World War One.
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#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/05/2014 #2

Scottish veterans and serving soldiers attend an unveiling ceremony of a bronze statue of a Black Watch soldier to commemorate the 8,960 Black Watch officers and soldiers who died with more than 20,000 wounded, as part of events to mark the centenary of World War One, in Zonnebeke near Ypres, Belgium, Saturday.
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#5 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/16/2014 #3

A resin sculpture called All Together Now by artist Andrew Edward was unveiled in the remains of St Luke’s Church in Liverpool, northern England. The sculpture depicts the Christmas Day soccer match between German and British soldiers fighting on the front lines in World War One in 1914.
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#6 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/26/2014 #2

Men dressed as World War One era English and German soldiers play soccer to mark the centenary of the legendary football match between the German and Allied troops on the Western Front during the Christmas Truce of 1914, at the Flanders Peace Field, close to where the Christmas Truce soccer game took place in Mesen, Belgium, Dec. 25th, 2014.
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#7 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/26/2015 #5

Soldiers wearing kilts march at the ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the Gallipoli campaign, at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, Saturday.
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#8 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/26/2016 #2

An Australian bagpipe soldier leaves the wreath laying ceremony at the Australian National Memorial in Villers Bretonneux, northern France, on ANZAC Day, Monday, April 25th. ANZAC Day honors the soldiers of the Australia New Zealand Army Corps who died in World War One at the 1915 battle for Gallipoli, Turkey. It has since come to honor the sacrifices made by all service members in the Australian and New Zealand Armed Forces.
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#9 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/24/2016 #5

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#10 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/05/2017 #2

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#11 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/16/2017 #5

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#12 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/26/2017 #5

The shadow of a soldier falls on the Australian War Memorial during an Anzac Day dawn service at the Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner, London.
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#16 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/05/2018 #3

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#18 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/12/2018 #3

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#19 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/01/2018 #5

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#20 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/20/2018 #3

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#21 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/26/2018 #4

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#22 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/09/2019 #4

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#23 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/23/2019 #3

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#24 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/31/2019 #2

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#25 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/27/2019 #1

Families of soldiers, leaders and visitors gathered for a ceremony near former battlefields at Anzac Cove, honoring thousands of Australians and New Zealanders who fought in the Gallipoli campaign of World War One on the ill fated British led invasion April 25th.
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#26 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/15/2019 #1

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#28 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/17/2019 #3

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#29 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/20/2019 #2

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#30 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/25/2020 #1

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#31 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/16/2020 #7

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#32 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/28/2021 #5

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#33 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/25/2021 #4

In 1914 Christmas Truce #WW1
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#34 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/05/2022 #2

In 1918, during World War One, the Cunard liner SS Tuscania, which was transporting about 2,000 American troops to Europe, was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the Irish Sea with the loss of more than 200 people. #WW1
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#35 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/21/2022 #3

In 1916, the World War One Battle of Verdun began in France as German forces attacked; the French were able to prevail after ten months of fighting. #WW1
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#36 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/21/2022 #3

In 1918, during World War One, Germany launched its Spring Offensive on the Western Front, hoping to break through the Allied lines before American reinforcements could arrive. (Although successful at first, the Spring Offensive ultimately failed.) #WW1
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#37 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/21/2022 #2

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#38 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/23/2022 #4

In 1918 Paris Gun #WW1
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#39 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/28/2022 #2

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#40 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/02/2022 #3

In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, “The world must be made safe for democracy.” (Congress declared war four days later.) #WW1
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#41 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/03/2022 #3

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#42 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/04/2022 #3

In 1917, the U.S. Senate voted 82-6 in favor of declaring war against Germany (the House followed suit two days later by a vote of 373-50). #WW1
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#43 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/06/2022 #3

In 1917 House of Representatives #WW1
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#44 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/06/2022 #4

In 1917, the United States entered World War One as the House joined the Senate in approving a declaration of war against Germany that was then signed by President Woodrow Wilson. House of Representatives #WW1
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#45 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/21/2022 #5

In 1918, Red Baron (Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen), 25, the German ace who was believed to have downed eighty enemy aircraft during World War One, was himself shot down and killed while in action over France. #RedBaron
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#46 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/21/2022 #4

In 1918, Red Baron (Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen) #RedBaron #WW1
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#47 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/28/2022 #6

In 1918, American troops fought their first major battle during World War One as they launched an offensive against the German held French village of Cantigny; the Americans succeeded in capturing the village. #WW1
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#48 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/06/2022 #1

In 1918, U.S. Marines suffered heavy casualties as they launched their eventually successful counteroffensive against German troops in the World War One Battle of Belleau Wood in France. #WW1
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#49 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/26/2022 #2

In 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force deployed to France during World War One landed in St. Nazaire. #WW1
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#50 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/28/2022 #2

In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were shot to death in Sarajevo by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip - an act which sparked World War One. #FranzFerdinand #GavriloPrincip #WW1
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#51 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/28/2022 #3

In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War One. #WW1
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#52 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/10/2022 #3

In 1919, President Thomas Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate and urged its ratification. (However, the Senate rejected it.) #WW1
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#53 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/23/2022 #3

In 1914, Austria-Hungary presented a list of demands to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria by a Serb assassin; Serbia’s refusal to agree to the entire ultimatum led to the outbreak of World War One. #WW1
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#54 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/28/2022 #5

In 1914, World War One began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. #WW1
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#55 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/30/2022 #4

In 1916, German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, NJ, killing about a dozen people. #WW1
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#56 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/26/2023 #3

Flags are seen at Elephant Rock, during the Anzac Day Dawn Service at Currumbin, Gold Coast, Australia.
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