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World War 1
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Assassination of Archuduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by Bosnian Serb nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia. -
World War 1 begins
When the Archduke and heir to the Austria Hungary throne, Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofia, were assassinated and M.A.I.N. -
Panama Canal Opens
Shipments could be transported easier from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. -
Frist battle of marne
The French army and the British Expeditionary Force against the Germans who had invaded Belgium and northeastern France and were within 30 miles of Paris. -
The Gallipoli Campaign begins
An unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia during World War I. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
British passenger ship Lusitania sunk which had American passengers on it. -
Battle of Verdum
The longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest. -
Battle of Somme
During the Battle of the Somme, tanks are first introduced into battle. -
Germany returns to Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Germany hoped to stop the resupply of the Allies, especially from the United States, and also to deter and demoralize the British, who were resisting them the most successfully in France. The Germans also hoped to relax the British naval blockade of German shipping. -
Zimmerman telegram is intercepted
Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico in an effort to entice Mexico to join the war. The British intercept and decipher the coded message. -
Czar Nicholas steps down from power
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U.S. declaration of war
U.S. declars war on Germany. -
Communists seize power in Russia
Russia was a weak economis country who wanted a power leader (Lenin) to make the economy better. Lenin came along and promised then Peace, Bread, and Land which sounded great to them. -
Russia pulls of WWI
Russians and Germans signed an armistice agreement for 28 days on 15 December 1917. On 22 December 1917 they signed the peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk brought about the end of the war between Russia and Germany in 1918. The German were reminded of the harshness of Brest-Litovsk when they complained about the severity of the Treaty of Versailles signed in June 1919. -
Second Battle of Marne
On this day in 1918, near the Marne River in the Champagne region of France, the Germans begin what would be their final offensive push of World War I. Dubbed the Second Battle of the Marne, the conflict ended several days later in a major victory for the Allies. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II steps down
On November 9, 1918, Wilhelm was forced to step down and all of his powers were taken away from him. From that time on Wilhelm and his family fled to and spent the rest of their lives in Holland. -
Armistic signed
The Armistice was an agreement signed by representatives of France, Great Britain and Germany. It was an agreement to end fighting as a prelude to peace negotiations. -
End of WWI
The Versailles Treaty, signed on June 28, 1919, was the peace settlement between Germany and the Allied Powers that officially ended World War I. -
Armenian massacre
The Ottomans began to suspect the loyalty of the Armenians and feared that they might actively support the Russians if an invasion occurred. The Ottomans devised a plan to eliminate the Armenians from their territory that resulted in one of the bloodiest massacres of the 20th century.
