The Great War

By Hotwheels5

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was what started the result in the largest Europe war. The effect was like dominos between alliances that led up to the war.
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    The Great

  • World War 1 Begins

    This was the day the war began. Alliances begin to form. The Triple Entente included Great Britain, France and Russia. The Triple Alliance included Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
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    Schlieffen Plan

    Germany's Schlieffen Plan started off working great. The Germans had taken over Belgium and were in France. They thought they were close to victory. Then the French found out their plan. Soon enough, the Germans would be defeated on the Western Front, leaving the Schlieffen Plan destroyed.
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    Battle of Tannenberg

    Austria was defeated by the Russians which sent them back to Austria.

  • Battle of the First Marne

    The Germans thought they would have victory in a few days, when the French found out where the German army was headed. They surprised attacked the Germans and the battle led the Germans back 60 miles from where they had started.
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    Trench Warfare

    Armies were fighting from treches during the Western Front. This was to keep them from getting hit with the enemies fires.
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    Gallipoli Campaign

    Britain, Austrailia, New Zealand and the French troops were trying to control the Gallipoli Peninsula on the west side of the strait.
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    Russians on the Western Front

    The Russians were barely hanging on. For three years they had been trying to control Germany's troops in the east. This kept the Germans form fighting in the Western Front.
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    Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

    The Germans were going to blow up any submarines around Britain.

  • The United States Enters the War

    President Woodrow Wilson declares that the United States is going to war and will be on the Allied Powers side.
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    Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    One of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's first acts in being in control was to offer a truce with Germany. Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to end the war between the two countries.
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    Germany's Attack

    The Germans let off the largest attack in the war against France firing more than 6,000 cannons.
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    Second Battle of Marne

    The Allies began attacking Germany, running over their lines with about 350 tanks. Both armies were trying to gain control of the Marne River.

  • World War 1 Ends

    World War 1 ends after four years of fighting. The leaders met outside Paris to create a peace settlement.

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Five years after Franz Ferdinands was shot, the Allied Powers and Germany signed a peace treaty called the Treaty of Versailles.