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He was shot in the chest by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip.
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First truly global war.
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Germany teamed with Russia allied with France concieved a war plan to rapidly defeat France.
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Fought by Russian 2nd army vs. German 8th army.
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Stalemate and tranch warfare began.
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Battle fough for the strategic town of Ypres in Western Belgium.
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German and British soldiers ceased fire to exchange season greetings and songs.
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Mainly carried out by the Royal Navy with support from the French.
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Torpedeod by German U-boat U20. Sank in just 20 minutes
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Between the German and French ameries. Fought on hills North of Verdun ser Meuse
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Fought in the North Sea near Jutland
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Offensive was planned late 1915 and was intended French- British attack.
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President Woodrow Wilson had asked a special joint session of Congress for this decloration.
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Russia withdraws from the brest/litovsk peace negotiations.
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A series of German attacks along the Western Front.
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The German attack failed when an allied couter attack led by French forces and including several hundren tanks.
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More than 9,000,000 people died throughout the entire world.