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Franz and his wife were shot.
Gavrilo Princip shot Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
This was because Franz and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated. -
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World War 1
More than 9 million combates were killed -
Germany invades Belgium
Belgium was a neutral country, and was protected by Great
britian. -
Germany invades Belgium
Germany invades neutral Belgium and Luxembourg as part of the Schlieffen Plan, in attempt to capture Paris -
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Battle of Tannenberg
Major defeat for the Russian Army. -
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First Battle of the Marne
Allies had to withdraw and they realized that it was going to be a long drawn out struggle. -
German attack
German submarine attack happened on Le Havre -
1st German gas attack
German poison gas attack happened against the Russians -
Germany began Blockade
Germany began a blockade of Britian. -
Germany began submarine war
Germany began an "unrestricted" submarien war. -
Germany sank US ships
Germany sank US ships at the Carribean and Evelyn and torpedoed Norwegian ship Regin. -
Sinking of Lusitania
There was heavy fog and the captian did not notice that a German 20 boat had seen them and set a target on them. U-20 set a torpedo after them. -
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Battle of Verdun
Happened during the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies. -
Battle of Jutland
Largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships in the war. Happened on June 1, 1916 too. -
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Battle of Somme
One of the largest battles in World War 1. -
US declares war on Germany
President Wilson signed the Declaration, -
USSR withdrawls
USSR withdrawls from war in 1917 -
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German Spring Offensive
Marked the deepest advances by either side since 1914.
