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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On this date this was this was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The country Austria-Hungary declared war on the whole nation which spark and ignited a giant blaze. This set off a chain reaction that cause War World I. -
War World I began
Austria declares War. The Europe countries were divided into different group. The First Alliance consisted of Great Britain, Russia, and France which was known as the Truple Entente, and th other was, Germany, Italy, and Austra-Hungary, they were known as the Triple Alliance. -
Western Front Strategy.
Under the Schlieffan Plan, large parts of the German army were to race to west in order to defeat France and then would return to the east to fight against Russia. -
Eastern Front Developments
A lot of the developments had failed all through the time, there had been a lt of bloodshed from each side, but it was mosly slaughtering. -
First Battle of the Marn.
The Allies attack the Germans northeast of Paris in the valley of the Marne River. They used every army force they had. In the end, the Germans had retreated. It was a quick victory. -
Gallipoli Campain.
It was known as the Gallipoli Campaign. British Australian New Zealand and French Troops made repeated assaults on the Gallipoli Penninsula on the Western side of strait. -
German's attack the french.
The Germans launched a massive attack agains the French near Verdun. Each side lost more than 300, 000 men. -
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British forces attacked the Germans
About 20,000 British soldiers were dead by the first day and the British gained aboiut five miles in the Some valleys while the Germans advanced about four miles near Verdun. -
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
This policy was made because the Germans had announced that their submarines would sink woithout warning any ships in the water around Britain. -
The untied states entering the war
America had been trading econmically with the allies a lot more than with with Central Powers. America also traded with Great Britain and Fance more than with Germany and when President Wilson asked Congress to declare war, america joined willingly. -
Development on Eastern Front
Communist leader Vladimir llyich Lennin offered Germany a truce because he insisted on ending his country from involving any more in the war. -
Germany and Russia sign a treaty
The war between Germany and Russia was ended whn they signed the Treay of Brest-Litovsk in March after Lenin offered it. The contires gained their independece even after the war when the treay became invalid. -
Second Battle of Marne
The Allies and Germans clashed at the Second Battle of the Marne. Leading the Allied attack were some 350 tanks that rumbled slowly forward, smashing through the German lines. With the arrival of 2 million more American troops, the Allied forces began the advance steadly toward German. -
War World I ends.
A representative of the new German government met with Marshal Foch. In a railway car in aorest near Paris, the two signed an armistic, or an agreement to stop fighting, ending War World I. -
Treaty Versailles
The difference between French, British, and U.S aims to led to heated arguments among the nations' leaders. Finally a compromise was reached . The Treaty of Versailles between Germany and the Allied Powers was signed on June 28, 1919.