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European World War I

  • Assination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Sparked the beginning of the Great War in Europe. The archduke was killed by Gabrielle Princip. The assination took place because the people of Serbia felt they were being insulted. Ferdinand and his wife happening to be visiting the same day the Turks conqueured and defeated Serbia years ago. The Serbian population felt that the archduke's visit was a way of parading around his power over the Serbians.
  • Austria-Hungary Start the War

    Austria-Hungary Start the War

    After the assination of the Archduke, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia which begins World War I
  • Serbia

    Serbia

    Austria-Hungary attacks the capitol city of Srebia. This forces the country to fight back, officalially joining the war.
  • Great Britian

    Great Britian

    Great Britian joins the war as an Ally and teams up with Serbia
  • Belgium

    Belgium

    Belgium is forced to enter the war and joins the Ally forces
  • France

    France

    France decalres war on Austria-Hungary. This marks the point when France enters World War I as an Ally
  • Russia

    Russia

    Russia enters the war as an Ally. They Invade Germany, causing the German troops to fall back
  • Germany

    Germany

    Germany occupies Belguim's capitol city, Brussels. They continue westward into France using the Schlieffen Plan. Germany is one of the central powers of the war
  • Ottoman Empire

    Ottoman Empire

    The Ottoman Empire as a Central Power
  • Italy

    Italy

    Italy joins the war as an Allie
  • Bulgaria

    Bulgaria

    Bulgaria enters the war as a Central Power
  • Portugal

    Portugal

    Portugal enters the war to help the Allies
  • Romania

    Romania

    Romanie joins the Great War as an Allie
  • Greece

    Greece

    Greece joins the war as an Allie