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Erster Weltkrieg (First World War)

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  • Attack on Austrian Prince Ferdinand

    Attack on Austrian Prince Ferdinand

    The student organisation Mlada Bosna attacks Prince Ferdinand from Austria Hungay
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    War

  • Germany promises Austria back up

    Germany promises Austria back up

    Germans invented the "Schlieffenplan" as a military plan and the alliance between them..Germany went to war. Other countries started fighting and the first world war starts...

  • Germany declares War to Russia

  • Von Hindenburg gets in to power

  • Beginning of the U-Boat War

    Beginning of the U-Boat War

    Germany starts the U-Boat War at the British Coast.

  • Ypres

    First attac where germans used gas

  • RMS Lusitana

    Germanys U Boats sunk the british Passanger Ship who just came from New York. 200 US citizens were on the ship. Over a 1000 people died. After that it wasnt allowed to sank passanger ships.
  • Verdun

    Verdun

  • Somme-Offensive

    Somme-Offensive

    The Somme-Offensive was between Germany and the Entente. July 1916 and endet at november 18th.. It was the biggest lost in a battle for Germany.

  • First hungerstrikes

    Over the year more and more hunger strikes broke out in Germany. The protests get more and more political background and demand peace.
  • USA declares War to Germany

    USA declares War to Germany

  • Octoberrevolution

    The Russian fought the Bolschowkies
  • "Dolchstosslegende"

    "Dolchstosslegende"

    The politican Matthias Erzberger signed the truce. Later this truce was also known as "Dolchstosslegende" what means as much as stab in the back. That was the end of the war.

  • Paris Peace Conference

    The Entente signed the Peace Contract at the Paris Peace Contract and Germany obligated to give away their parts of the country and their military..