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Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year-old Serbian and member of the Black Hand
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The German ambassador sent the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs a declaration of war
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In 1915, a German U-boat, or submarine, sank the Lusitania, a British Passenger Ship killing 120 Americans.
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Germany launched a major assault in March, 1918 and was within 40 miles of Paris
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On January 18, 1919, the Paris Peace Conference began
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919 and was a flawed peace because it created feelings of bitterness and betrayal among the victors and defeated
