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Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilsonis a man who is famous for bringing about a reformation in America through his antitrust laws, -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip shot Arch Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie .
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/06/27/326164157/the-shifting-legacy-of-the-man-who-shot-franz-ferdinand -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
On July 28, 1914 1 month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, AustriaHungary declares war on Serbia and it started the First World War. -
Russia Mobilizes in WW1
Tsar Nicholas II mobilised Russian forces on 30 July 1914 to threaten Austria if it invaded Serbia . -
Second Battle of Ypres
This battle is when the Germans used poison gas for the firsrt time. It also backfired because it left the allied line open.
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Battle of Jutland
This battle engaged a total of 100,000 men aboard 250 ships over the course of 72 hours .
https://www.google.com/search?q=battle+of+jutland&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS890US890&oq=Battle+of+Jutland&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.1350j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 -
Battle of Somme
This battle 19,240 soldiers were killed. This was considered to be biggest lost of the British troops.
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The Zimmerman Note
The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico.
https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&bih=920&biw=1920&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS863US890&hl=en&ei=AL5WXtaRNqKRggfI0q24CQ&q=zimmerman+note+ww1&oq=zimmer&gs_l=psy-ab.1.2.0i273j0i131i273j0i67l2j0i131i67j0i67j0j0i67l2j0.181659.217152..252784...2.12..0.90.410.6......0....1..gws-wiz.....6..0i71j0i362i308i154i357j0i131.S0qHn1Ox9Qw -
Battle of Vimey Ridge
Canadian casualties amounted to around 10,500, whereas the German defenders lost almost all their strength, including 4,000 prisoners.
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The battle of Spring Offensive
Their failure by the mid-summer left the German army fatally weakened, demoralized and facing its own imminent and inevitable defeat through an Allied counteroffensive
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-stage-of-german-spring-offensive-ends -
Armistice Day
The Armistice is The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land sea and air . -
Treaty of Versatiles
The Treaty of Versatiles was a peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, France,
