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The Archduke of Austria-Hungary was assasinated in Serbian land, which caused the Austrians to demand justice from Serbia.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Once this happened, a chain reaction of countrys declaring war on each other starts the first World War.
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Germany declares war on Russia. Germany with Austria-Hungary and Russia with Serbia
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Germany declared war on France and brought them into as well. They would be sided with Serbia and Russia.
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Britain declares war on Germany so they become alliances with Russia and France
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It was a battle fought between France and Germany on the coast of France and Belgium
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Japan declares war on Germany. With this, they join the allied powers
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Germany and Russia go to battle on the Eastern front. Germany would win the battle. It was Germany's biggest win there.
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They stop the German advance and it then results in trench warfare.
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The British liner, Falaba, was sunk by a Central power navy. It would only be the first to do so.
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The British shut down all of the German sea ports. By doing this, they stopped all import and export trading.
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Germany uses a new type of weapon, poison gas. The use of this started the Second Battle of Ypres
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A German U-Boat sinks the Lusitania, wich had American lives lost. This started a German-US crisis.
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Italy declars war on Ausrtia-Hungary, ignoring the treaties with the Central powers.
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Germany attacks the French at Verdun. The French eventually come out on top, but both sides take very big loses.
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The French passenger ship, the Sussex, was sunk by another German submarie.
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Germany puts out a policy on their submarine warfare and its limitations.
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The Battle of Jutland was the biggest naval battle in the history of the world. There was no outstanding victor.
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The British in the Battle of Somme lost 60,000 men. It was the biggest los of men that Britain has ever taken.
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Italy declares war on Germany
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The Zimmermena telegram was found and delivered to the US. It was a proposal to Mexico from Germany to side with them and go against the US.
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The US declare war on Germany after recieving the ZImmerman Telegram
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Greece enters the war on the side of the Allies.
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The Third Battle Ypres starts.
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The US declars was on Austria-Hungary
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The Italians prevail and beat the Autrio-Hungarian forces at the Battle of Piave.
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Germany starts their final push with the second battle of Marne.
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The Armisice is signed. All fighting ceased at 11 AM
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The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treatys that helped end the first world war.
