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Francis Ferdinand assassinated in sarajevo
The archduke Ferdinand of austria was assassinated by serbians in sarajevo. This is why Austria declared war on Serbia. This is the cause of WW1 -
Lustitania sunk
The germans torpedoed the Lustitania with a U-boat sinking it in 18 minutes. The germans reasoning was because they suspected military cargo. This contributed to the USA joining the war. -
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Battle of Verdun
This battle in france Between the french and the germans was the longest and one of the bloodiest of WW1. With 306,000 killed on the battlefeild and over half a million wounded this was one of the largest battles in the western front. This was truely attrition warfare lasting 10 months. -
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Battle of somme
This battle had over one million cassuelties and had no victer but it proved that the tank was an effective weapon in war. Even though the british used there tanks they had far to few to make a difference. The british downfall was sending there men into no mans land so they could get mowed over by the enemie artillery -
Zimmermmans telegram
zimmermmans tegram is descovered on its way to mexico. It urged mexico to go to war with the US so that we woudn't go against germany.It led the US to go to war. -
Germany signed an armistice with the Allies
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month the war ended when Germany signed an armistice in a railroad carriage at Compiègne ceasing fire and the soldiers started retreating -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles is the treaty that ended the war between Germany and Allies . The treaty stated that germany would take full responsability for the war and pay depts to other countries that suffered.