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Austria-Hungary declared what was expected to be short, a war against Siberia.
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Germany obligated by treaty to support Austria-Hungary then declared war on Russia.
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Germany declared war on France. Britain declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary after Germany invavded Belgium.
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When a U boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland. Of the 1,198 persons lost, 128 were Americans.
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The British suffered 60,000 casualties the first day. This bloody trench warfare continued for over three years.
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The kaiser announced that U-boats would sink all ships in British wasters on sight.
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ZSenetors, representatives, ambassadors, members of the Supreme Court, and other guests crowded into the Capitol building to hear President Wilson deliver his war resolution.
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The members of the U.S House of Representatives were tired of debabting President Wilson's request for declaration of the war againsst Germany. Jeanette Rankin stood up and declared, "I want to stand by my country but I cannot vote for war. I vote no."
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Wilson delivered his now famous Fourteen Points speech before Congress.
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The U.S launched 95 ships. The government took over commercial and private ships and converted them for transatlantic war use.
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Armed only with a rifle and revolver, York killed 25 Germans and- with six other doughboys-captured 132 prisoners.
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Austria-Hungary surrendered to the Allies. German sailors mutinied against government authority.
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Solcialist leaders in the capital, Berlin, established a German republic.
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The Big Four and the leaders of the defeated nations gathered in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles to sign the peace treaty.
