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Russia, France, and Great Britain go to war againest Germany and Austria-Hungary
The allies go against the Central Powers -
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World War 1
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
His assassination started World War 1, his wife, and him were assassinated by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Austria-Hungary determined that the proper response to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was to prepare for a invasion of Serbia -
British blockade of German ports begin
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Battle of Tannenburg
was a German victory against the Russians -
First Battle of Marne
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Christmas Truce
On Christmas day both sides stopped fighting and joined together peacefully for Christmas -
Battle of Gallipoli starts in Turkey
The Allied Powers tried to control the sea route from Europe to Russia -
Armenian Genocide
Turkish government wanted to massacre Armenians in the Ottoman Empire -
Sinking of the Lusitania
ship sank by the Germans, one of the reasons US entered war -
British Blockade of German ports begin
When the war broke out the British government moved quickly to get the supplies of raw materials and foodstuffs to Germany and its allies -
President Wilson's Fourteen Points Plan
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Battle of Verdun
Germany vs. France on the Western Front -
Battle of Somme
The allied attacking on the Western Front, one of the most bloodiest miliary battles in history -
Zimmerman Note
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German policy of unrestricted submarine warfare
the war was not going well for Germany on the Western Front and unrestricted submarine warfare was a result of desperation -
Mutiny breaks out among French and German soldiers
took place on the Western Front and one million French soldiers died -
US enters WW1
Enters war because of Sinking of the Lusitania, The Zimmerman Telegram, Economic Ties to European powers, The Russian Revolution -
Bolshevik Revolution
A member of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party that seized power in Russia -
Treaty of Brest-Litvosk
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2nd Battle of Marne
Allied counterattacks forced the Germans to retreat to their former position along the Aisne and Vesle rivers -
Spanish Influenza
Was a disease that killed 20-40 million people -
Armistice Signed (Fighting in World War 1 ends)
Germans and Allies called a Peace Treaty to end war -
Trench Warfare Underway on the Western Front
opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug in the ground -
Paris Peace Conference Begins
conference put together by the victory powers to draw up and sign peace treaties with the states that had been defeated in World War I -
Treaty Of Versailles
Treaty between the Allied and the Associated Powers, brought World War 1 to an end
