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Many things added tension between the nations leading to the war.This assassination was the tipping point that set off the nations and flung them into battle.
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Austria offered Serbia an ultimatum. Serbia rejected the ultimatum, knowing it would result in war. Austria declared war on Serbia.
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Under this plan, most of the German army would race West to defeat France, then travel back East to fight Russia.
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The allies battled Germany on the Marne River in Paris
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In this battle, Austria's army with the help of Germany was able to push Russia back eastward and eventually out of Austria-Hungary.
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Troops from countries such as Briatain, New Zealand, Australia, and France attacked the Dardenelles strait near the Gallipoli peninsula in hopes to sustain the tactical land.
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Each side lost more than 300,000 men in this slaughter.
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By the end of this battle, Germany gained four miles near Verdun and Britain gained five miles near the Somme Valley.
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This year the war moved into the oceans involving submarines and battleships.
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Germany launched submarines at Britain's docks without much warning under unrestricted sub warfare.
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After the news of the Zimerman note reached President Woodrow WIlson in the US, him and congress decided to join the war. They stepped in on the side of the allies.
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Many revolutionary acts in Russia led to the rule of a new leader, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. He wanted Russia out of the war so he signed the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, ending the war between them.
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350 tanks and 2 million Americans rolled toward Germany. The Allies were a force to be reconed with.
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Marshal Foch met with the successor of Kaiser Wilhelm II and they signed an armistice to end the fighting.
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The national leaders of France, Britain, and the U.S. came to a peaceful conclusion on this day. Conincidentally, this was exactly five years aftwer the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
