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Germany invades Luxembourg -
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Germany invades Belgium to outflank the French army. -
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First shot fired by Allied troops German Steamer SS Pfalz surrenders after being fired on by Fort Nepean, south of Melbourne, Australia -
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Montenegro declares war on Austria-Hungary. -
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The British Expeditionary Force arrives in France -
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Battle of Haelen, a phase of the Battle of the Frontiers. -
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The Russian army enters East Prussia. Battle of Stalluponen.
The Germans attack the Russians in East Prussia, the Battle of Gumbinnen. The attack is a failure in addition to being a deviation from the Schlieffen Plan. -
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Battle of Charleroi, a phase of the Battle of the Frontiers. -
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British and French forces conquer Togoland, a German protectorate in West Africa.
Battle of Le Grand Fayt. -
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Battle of Étreux. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Proved that Germany had urged Mexico to join it in an alliance if the United States entered the war. -
Russian Revolution
Forced Russia out of the war and increased the chances that Germany might defeat France and Great Britain. -
Fourteen Points
President Woodrow Wilson Argued that the war was being fought for noble purposes, including absolute freedom of the seas, free trade, reductions in armaments, and national self determination. He argued that an international organization- a League of Nationa- should exist in order to solve problems and avoid future wars. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty that officially ended WW1, it included most of Wilson's 14 Points, but charged Germany with the ultimate responsiblity for the war and required it to pay war reperations to the allies and stripped Germany of it's colonies. This harsh treatment contributed to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany during the 1930's. -
US rejection of the Treaty of Versailles
The U.S. Senate rejected the treaty, primarily because Americans did not support the United States joining the League of Nations and rejected the idea that the country could once again be drawn into a European war. As a result, the League of Nations was weakened by the absence of the U.S.