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On June 28 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was a member of the Black Hand secret society.
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The battle of Maine was the first trench warfare battle and was fought north east of Paris.
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On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I a German U-Boat sank the Lusitania, a British ocean liner heading to Liverpool England. More than 1,100 perished and 120 were Americans.
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The Sussex Pledge promised a change in Germany naval warefare policy. This pledge assured that Passenger ships would not be targeted, merchant ships would not be sunk until the presence of weapons had been established and merchant ships would not be sunk without provision for the safety of passengers and crew.
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The battle of Somme was fought on both sides of river Somme. This was the bloodiest battle in human history with more than 1,000,000 men wounded or killed.
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The Zimmermans note was a note to the Mexican governement telling them to create a alliance with Germany and attack the United States.
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The Russian Revolution was the term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917.
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President Woodrow Wilson decieded to declare war on Germany because German was violating their pledge to not fire on registered ships.
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This battle was fought by the German and French armies. And was fought on the hills of north-easter France.
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This battle was part of the last Allied offensive of WW1 that streched across the Western Front.