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The assanination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28th, 1914, was the spark that ignited a giant blaze. This little event caused the hugest war in the world.
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On July 28th, Austria rejected Serbia's offer and declared war. That same day, Serbia's ally, Russia, took action. Russian leaders ordered mobilization of troops toward the Austrian border.
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Schlieffen had called for atttacking France and then Russia. A large part of the German army would go west to defeat France and the come back to fight Russia in the east.
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Germany thought they were going to wipe out France, but instead it turned into a bloody stalemate along the battefields of France. This region in Northern France became known as the Western Front
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In the east, Russian forces invade Germany which means they have to fight a war on both fronts.
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The opposing armies along western front dug trenches in the ground to protect themselves from enemy fire.
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The Germans launched a massive attack on the French and both sides lost over 300,000
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The British forces attacked the germans northwest of Verdun . In the first day of the battle , more than 20,000 British soldiers were killed. by the time the battle ended, each side had suffered over half a million causalties.
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The German's annnounced that their submarines would sink any ship without warning in the water around Britain.
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President Wilson asked congress to declare war. The United Sates entered the war on the side of the allies.
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Communist leader,Vladimir Ilyich Lenin siezed power and insisted on ending Russia's involvement in war.
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President Wilson had drawn up a series of proposals. Known as the fourteen points, which was a plan for a long lasting peace.
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The allies and the Germans go at it again for the second battle of the Marne.
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On November 11th, World War 1 came to an end.
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The allied powers and Germany signed a peace treaty on June 28th, 1919.