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On Sunday, June28 1914,Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed by Gavrilo Princip. The event led to a chain of events that begun World War I. 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.
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World War 1 ended on November 11, 1918 with World War I Ended With the Treaty of Versailles
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Germany declares war on france. Germans thought it would be easier to capture France than Russia.
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Germans bega using submarine warfare including: torpedoes, nuclear weapons and missles to attack the enemys
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Germany used poison gas on a large scale on the Western Front. the battle was the first time that a former colonial force defeated a major European power on European soil.
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Wolrd Wasr 1 broke out Italy declared itelf nuetral. They carefully considered how to gain the best benefits from the war.
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One of the major battles of the war on the eastern front.
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Took place between July 1st to November 18th. Fought both sides of River Somme in France.
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Russian soldiers were told to leave Poland to reinforce areas further East, allowing the Germans to take Warsaw. After these Russian failures, many Russian civilians protested against the Minister of War, eventually causing power over the military to be given to the Tsar himself.
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Germany asked the Allies for an armistice
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Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One
