brendan dowd WW1

  • assasination

    assasination

    arch duke franz ferdinand and his wife were assasinated
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    brendan dowd WW1

  • austria- hungary

    austria- hungary

    austria hungary declares war on serbia a month after the assasination of franz ferdinand and his wife
  • serbia

    serbia

    austria hungary invaded serbia
  • great britian

    the war took its toll on the constitutional government. it becaame much weeker.
  • belgium

    belgium

    belgium refused to give up their land to germany
  • france

    one of the 3 powers that were allying against the central powers.
  • russia

    russia

    joined the war with the largest army and grew even more later in the war.
  • germany

    germany

    germany was a central power during world war one.
  • ottoman empire

    the german embassador and enver pasher agreed on a secret treaty. this treaty was kept a secret during the war.
  • italy

    italy

    were allies with austria hungary and the german empire however they refused to fight with them during the war.
  • bulgaria

    bulgaria

    fought as allies with the central powers.
  • portugal

    portugal

    portugal remained neutral during world war 1
  • romania

    romania

    allied with the central powers and russia
  • greece

    greece

    neutral during the war