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He and his wiife were shot in Sarajevo, Bosnia as they were coming from City Hall. Gavrilo Princip, 19 years old, shot the fires with Slavic nationalism in mind, he saw the death of the Archduke as the key that would bind his people to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Threatened by Serbian ambition in the tumultuous Balkans region of Europe, Austria-Hungary determined that the proper response to the assassinations was to prepare for a possible military invasion of Serbia, starting the WWI
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Germany declares a submarine blockade of Great Britain. Any ship approaching England is considered a legitimate target
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Italian front went up, ignoring treaty agreements with the Central Powers
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Germans start battle. They launch a massive attack against Verdun in what will become the longest battle of the war.
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Allies started battle with the British military suffering its greatest number of casualties in a single day, 60,000.
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The United States came out of neutrality and joined the WWI
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These are men of the U.S. 1st Division.
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The British begin an offensive against Turkish forces in Palestine, the Battle of Megiddo
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Armistice day as fighting ceases at 11am - World War I ends. Central Powers are forced to annul the Brest-Litovsk Treat
