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Assassination of Arch-Duke of Austria Hungary
With the assassination of the ArchDuke by the black hand organiation from Serbia, Austria would obviously want redemption for what happened. This is the spark that set of the whole entire war. -
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Austria Declared War on Serbia
This is the event that cause all the Eastern world powers to join in the war because of their alliances with either Austria, and whoever owed alliances with them or Serbia, and whoever had alliances with them. Because Austria wanted war, the whole world would end up being effected. -
British Use Gass at Loos
With the development of poisonus gas in warfare, Britsh troops attempted to gas German forces, but because of a strong wind the gas made its way back to the british killing 60,000 of their men and hindering their efforts in the war. -
First use of Tanks at Somme
With the first use of tanks on the battle field, it drastically changed batttle in that time period. tanks co-uld wipe out tons of people while sustaning little damage. They made it easier for troops to storm trenches and changed warfare. -
Battle of Verdun
Battle of Verdun was an almost year long string of battles over a piece of territory, fought by the France and Germany. It drastically effect both sides effort in the war from a result of over 1 million casualties. -
USA Declares War on Germany
The US entering the war showed just how much everyone in the world was being effected and dragged into the war. The US wasn't even on the same continent and yet we had to step in, in order to protect ourselves. -
US passes drafting act for men to the service
This made it so no man in the US was able to avoid going to war. The gpovernment randomly drafter men into the war and it effected families in the US and sent fear of the draft through every home. -
Red Baron is Killed
The Red Baron was an extremly well known German fighter pilot who lead them to many air victories and changed the otcome of many battles. The death of the Red Baron effected the morale of the German air force. -
Germany shells Paris
German shelled Paris with a newly developed weapon that took Paris by complete surprise. It rattled their defenses, and lead to 260 casualties. -
Treaty Of Versailles is signed
This treaty is very important because It ended the war between Germany and the Central Powers, and actually lead to the cause of WW2.
