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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
His assassination in Sarajevo caused Austria/Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. This caused Germany and Austria-Hungary, and countries allied with Serbia (the Triple Alliance Powers) to declare war on each other, starting World War I. -
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Austria declared war on Serbia
After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria was believing that the Serbs were harboring the terrorists who had killed the archduke, Austria declared war on Siberia. -
Britain declared war on Germany
Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. As a result of it's aliance with Belgium, Britain declares war on Germany. -
First Battle of Ypres
was a First World War battle fought for the town of Ypres in western Belgium -
Lusitania sunk
There outraged protests from the United States at the German U-boat campaign was sank -
second battle of Ypres
Poison gas was used for the first time during this battle. -
Italy
Italy entered the war on the side of the Allies. -
USA declares war on Germany
The United States of America declared war on Germany in response to the sinking, by German U boats, of US ships. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
the Russians signed an Armistice with Germany at Brest-Litovsk. Russia had to surrender Poland, the Ukraine and other regions. Germany had to pay 300 million roubles for the repatriation of Russian prisoners. -
End of World War 1
The fighting ended with the signing of an armistice which went into effect at 11:00 a.m. It required the German forces to evacuate their positions and return to Germany, along with France and Austria
