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An assassination leads to wars
Austria-hungary which had taken control of bosnia in 1875 accused serbia of subverting its rule over bosnia -
Militarism
By 1890, the strongest nation on the european continent was germany which had set up an army reserve system that drafted and trained young men -
An assinationation leads to war
Austria and hungary declared what was expected to be a short war against serbia. -
Alliance system
There were two major defences alliances in europe -
An assination leads to war
Germany declared war on russias ally france. -
An assassination leads to war
in june 1914, archduke franz ferdinand heir to the austrian throne vistited the bosnia capital -
The fighting starts
Germany invaded belgium, following a strategy known as the schlieffen plan. -
The fighting starts
Unable to save belgium, the allies retreated to the marne river and france where they halted the german advance. -
Americans question neutraility
Most americans saw no reason to join a struggle 3000 miles away -
The fighting starts
Two parallel systems of deep, rat infested trenches crossed france from the belgium coast to swiss alps. -
War hits home.
One of the worst disasters occured when a u- boat sank the british liner off the southern coast of ireland. -
The war hits home
Three months later, a u boat sank another british liner the arabic drowning to americans. -
American question neutrality
The united states was suffering a labor shortage. -
The war hits home
In March,Germany broke its promise and torpedoed an unarmed france passenger steamer, the sussex. -
The fighting starts
during the first battle of the somewhat began on july 1 1916, and lasted until mid november, the british suffered 60000 cassualties the first day alone. -
The war hits home
In november came the us presedential election. The democrats renominated wilson, and the republicans nominsted the supreme court justice, charles evans hughes. -
The united states declares war
In a speech before the senate, the president called for a peace without victory, a peace between equals, and which neither side would impose harsh terms on the other. -
The united states declares war
The kaiser announced that u- boats would sink all ships in britsh waters, hostile or neutal, onsite.
