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Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
Franz ferdinand was killed in Serbia. It started a chain reaction of events that led up to the first world war. -
Austria declares war on Serbia
Austria threatened war if serbia didn't sign the conditions for peace and Serbia refused so the beginning of world war one started. -
First battle of Marne
The battle was between France and germany In frances homeland. More than 250,000 troops died on both sides of this trench warfare. -
Beginning of Trench warfare
Most battles now were dragged out and the troops were stuck in trenches at a kind of stalemate for months. It was turkey and germany who started it on the western side of their territory. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
A german "U" boat sunk a ship with americans on it, near the united kingdom. This was the start of increased tensions for america and the war. At this time we were still trying to stay neutral. -
Battle of Verdun
the longest battle of world war 1. Germany held a massive attack against the french at Verdun. -
Battle of the somme
The british and french decided to attack germany. This battle had many more casualties than any of the other ones. -
Germany begins unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany begins using all their submarines to attack the allied forces and begins sinking more ships. -
Us declares war on Germany
April fool's day is a terrible day to claim war on a country, but that's what the u.s. did with Germany because of increasing tensions and rumors of mexico attacking -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
the treaty was signed between Russia and Germany. Now they were at peace with each other. -
WWI ends
WWI one is officially over all the central powers surrendered, Germany being the last one to give up. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
All the countries signed a treaty making the war over. Germany was the one who would get most of the blme and have to pay for the most damages which would cause huge problems later.
