World War One Watkins

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
05/20/1882	Triple Alliance forms	The Triple Alliance is formed between Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary.
02/01/1890	Germany's alliance with Russia expires	Wilhelm II neglected to continue his alliance with Russia so it expired. This was a big mistake for Russia because soon they will join the forth-coming triple Entente, germany's enemys.
06/01/1890	Kaiser Wilhelm II dismisses Bismarck	Kaiser Wilhelm II changes the foreign policy in addition to forcing Biscmark to resign.
01/01/1904	Britain formed Entente with France	This marks for whats to come for the Triple Entente. This is the first step.
01/01/1907	Britain made another alliance, Officially the Triple Entente	This event officially created the Triple Entente. Now the two parties, the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance are more evened out.
06/28/1914	Assassination of Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo, Bosnia	Heir to the Austria-Hungary throne was murdered that day by 19 year old Gavrilo Princip. He also shot Ferdinand's wife Sophie and their unborn child. His assassination is the start of WWI.
07/05/1914	Austria-Hungary's Ulitmatum	Germany had give Austria-Hungary a "blank check" for military support. Following the assassination, Austria Hungary gave Serbia a severe ultimatum, then Serbia refused to allow Austrian officials to run an investigation in Serbia.
07/28/1914	Austria-Hungary declares War on Serbia	Russia supported Serbia and Germany supported Austria-Hungary. This was the first declaration of war for whats to come of World War I.
08/01/1914	Germany declared war on Russia	the second declaration of war
08/03/1914	Germany declares War on France	Germany declared War on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.
08/04/1914	Britain declared War on Germany	After Germany declared War on Russia and France. Great Britain then declared war on Germany.
08/23/1914	Germany invades France	Almost all of Europe punged into War by now.
09/06/1914	Battle of Marne started	There were two battles of Marne but the first one in 1914 was more significant because it was the First World War battle. It only lasted a week.
10/28/1914	Ottoman Empire joins Centrals Powers	Gaining more power for the Central Powers.
10/29/1914	Trench warfare begins. Turkey entered War on Germany's side.	Turkey entered the war on Germany's side. Trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front.
04/01/1915	Italy joins Entente	This event gained more power for the Triple Entente.
05/07/1915	The "Lusitania" was sunk by a German U-Boat	This a important event because Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare agantist the British. When the British passenger ship Lusitania was sunk and 1,198 people were left dead. 128 of them were U.S. citizens. The American public was outraged. President Wilson sent a strong protest to Germany. But after two further attacks they stopped. However, they returned to implementing unrestricted submarine warfare. They knew it might lead to war with the U.S.
01/19/1916	First Zeppelin raid	The first Zeppelin Raid on Britain took place.
01/01/1917	Unrestricted Submarine Warfare	Germans announced that they were implemented this tactic, which would cause some serious controverse with Great Britain and U.S. later.
02/01/1917	Zimmerman Telegram	This was the last straw before U.S. declared war on Germany. In the telegram it said that Germany would help "reconquer" the land it had lost to the United States if Mexico would ally itself with Germany.
04/02/1917	U.S. declares War on Germany	President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany right after the Zimmerman note happened.
03/01/1918	Russia's involovement ends for WWI	When Russia withdrawed from WWI, Vladimir Lenin wanted to form a truce with Germany. In March 1918, Germany and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended the war between the two contries.
07/01/1918	Second Battle of Marne	The Allies and Germans met once again at the Second Battle of the Marne in July 1918. The allies led the attack and smashed through German lines. The Central Powres were falling apart and the Ottoman Turks surrendered. It was the last German problem and ended in an Allied victory.
11/09/1918	Kaiser Wilhelm II stepped down	Germany declared itself a republic after he stepped down. A person from the new German republic met with Marshal Foch and then a armistice was signed to end the fighting.
11/11/1918	German Armstice official	A German representative and French Commander Marshal Foch signed an armistice. Official event to end World War I.