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Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princep. Set off the powder keg of Europe.
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Due to the assassination, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire declared what was expected to be a short war on Serbia.
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To execute the Schlieffen Plan, Germany had to go through Belgium in order to invade France.
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Germans defeated the Russian army on its way to invade Germany.
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The Allies stopped the German invasion of Paris.
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A British passenger ship, sunk by a German U-Boat.
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The French held their line against a German offensive until December of the same year, during the longest battle of the war.
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An indecisive naval battle between German and British fleets.
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A disastrous Allied offensive at the Somme, where Allied casualties numbered in the millions.
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The United States enters into the first World War, declaring war on the Central Powers.
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Russian revolutionaries setup a Communist goverment, attempting to make peace with the Central Powers.
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A series of German Attacks along the Western Front.
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The british Royal Air Force is formed.
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The turning point of the war, in which the Allies defeated the Central Powers and advanced continuously until the end of the war.
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General Pershing leads the American Army to Victory.
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The Austrian-Hungarian Empire surrenders.
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Wilhem II is overthrown, and a German Republic is made.
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The Central Powers, tired of fighting, sign the armistice that ends World War 1
