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World War 1
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Founding of the Triple Alliance
was the military alliance between Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy that lasted from 1882until the start of World War I in 1914. Each member promised mutual support in the event of an attack by any two other great powers, or for Germany and Italy, an attack by France alone. -
Founding of the triple entente
the alliance among Great Britain, France and Russia after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907. The alliance of the three powers, supplemented by various agreements with Portugal, Japan, the United States, Brazil and Spain, constituted a powerful counterweight to the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Italy had concluded an additional secret agreement with France, effectively nullifying their alliance with Germany. -
assasination of the archduke ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six Bosnian Serb assassins coordinated by Danilo Ilić. The political objective of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary's south-Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Greater Serbia or a Yugoslavia. The assassins' motives were consistent with the movement -
First battle of the marne
was a First World War battle fought between 5 and 12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army under Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Younger -
sinking of the lusitania
enraged Americans and hastened the United States' entrance into World War I. -
Battle of verdun
was one of the major battles during the First World War on the Western Front. It was fought between the German and French armies, from February-December 1916, on hilly terrain north of the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. -
Usa declares war on germany
is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between that nation and another. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, at Brest-Litovsk now Brest, Belarus between Russia the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic and the Central Powers, -
2nd battle of the marne
or Battle of Reims 15 July-6 August 1918 was the last major German Spring Offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. -
Armistice ends world war 1
It was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918, and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany
