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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is Assasinated
Austrian archduke Ferdinand is assasinated as he and his wife are on a visit to Sarajevo Bosnia. The man who shot them was Gavrilo Princip -
Austria Hungary Declares War on Serbia
Because the man who murdered the archduke was Serbian, Austria Hungary, already annoyed with the Serbians, used this as suffificent grounds to declare war against the Serbian Nation -
Germany Declares War on Russia
Russia was an ally of Serbia that had promised to defend the nation if it were to be attacked. When Austria declared war on Serbia, the Russians had to fulfill their promise and defend them. The Austrians, seeing this as a threat called upon their own allies, the Germans. Germany then delcared war on Russia and Russia the same on Germany. -
Germany Declares War on France
Germany now expands the war to Russias allies, the French, now making the war one fought on two fronts for this nation. Tohelp their fighting in two different places at once, they developed the Schlieffin Plan to help finish the war in France with a quick victory but this plan was a failure. -
Germany INvades Belgium
When the Schlieffin Plan fails, Germany then turns to invade the neutral country of Belgium. -
Great Britain Declares War on Germany
After Germany invaded the neutral Belgium, Britain sensed the potential threat and stapped in to intervene, declaring war on Germany. As the fighting starts erupts between all sides, there is no clear cut victor.
