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Archduke Franz Ferdinard assignmnet that he had wanted was the spark that ingnited a giant blaze.
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Austria rejected Serbia's offer and declared war.
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The German government declared war on Russia.
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the Allies attacked the Germans northeast of Paris, in the valley of the Marne River.
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By the early 1915, opposing armies on the Western Front had dug miles of parallel trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire.
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In the late summer of 1914, millions of soldiers marched hppily of to battle, convinced that the war would be short.
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In February, the Germans launched a massive attack against the French near Verdun.
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In July of 1916, the British army tried to relieve the pressure on the French.
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President Wilson asked Congress to declare war.
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In November 1917, Communist leader Vladimir ilyivh Lenin seized power.
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In March 1918, the germans mounted one final, massive attack on the Allies in France.
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In July 1918, the Allies and Germans clashed at the Second Battle of the Marne.
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World War I came to a end.
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The war ended