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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie visited the capital if Bosnia. There they were assassinated by a Serbian named Gavrilo Princip. As a result of the assassin being Siberian, Siberia was presented with an ultimatum. Either meet all Austria’s demands or have war declared upon it.
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Siberia would not meet all of Austria’s demands but offered others in return. Austria said no and declared war upon siberia that same day.
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The Germans developed the Schlieffen Plan, this was a plan for the German army to rush over to France, defeat them, and return to fighting Russia.
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The allied forces attacked Germany northeast of Paris. This resulted in a four day battle resulting in the retreat of the German Army.
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Through out September France became the battle grounds for the Allied and Centeral powers
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In the month of Februray the idea of trech warfare was introduced. This was the act of digging miles of tunnels to protects soliders from danger.
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At this battle the slaughter reached its max with a total of over 300,000 casulities on both Germany and Frances side. Also Germany created a blockade in order to cut of Russian supplies.
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From the begining of July to the end of September the British Army tried to releave French forces. In the first day over 20,000 British died.
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The invention of the Submarine was introduced.
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At this point in the war over 5.5 million Russians had been killed, wounded, or taken POW.
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Vladimir Lenin rose to power in Russia and tried to stop the involvement in the war.
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Germany did their final push against Allied forces. This became the largest artillery attack in the war.
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The allied forces pushed through the German line.
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Soldiers turned against the Kasier and ended the War. This made Germany into a republic.
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The treaty of Versailles was signed between Germany and the Allied forces. This gave way to the creation of the League of Nations.