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World war 1 began
The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that ignited a giant blaze. This set off a chain reaction within the allinace system which resulted in largest war Europe. -
Austira declares war
The day that World war 1 began, Austira- hungary declared war on serbia. -
European Nations take sides
Germany and Austria- Hungary known as the central powers were in battle with Great Britian, France, Russia known as Allied powers. -
First battle on the Marne
Northeast of Paris in the valley of the Marne River. Allied powers attack the German army This was the first battle were trench warfare was used. -
Allies Attack
The allies attacked the Germans northesat of Paris, in the valley. Every avaliable soldier was in struggle, after 4 days of fighting the Germans retreated. -
Dardanelles strait began
British, Australian, New zealand , and French troops made repeated assualts on the Gallipoli and battled the rest of the year. -
Germans attack the French
It was known as the Galipoli campaign. Britsh, austrulian, New zeland and french troops made repeated assinations on the gallipoli pennisila on the western side of the strait. -
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battle on western front
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Unristriced submarine warfare.
Germans announced that the submarines would sink without warning any ships in the water around Britian. -
Congress declares war
President Wilson asked congress to declare war . The US entered war on the side of the Allies. -
Vladimir Lenin seized power
Lenin insisted in ending his country's invlovement in the war. He offered Germany a truce as his first act, -
Germany and Russia sign Treaty
Germany and Russia signed treaty of Brest-Litovsk which ended the war between them. Russian goverment then surrenderd lands to Germany that included Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Estonia, Lativa and Lithuania. -
Allies and Germans clashed
Second battle of the Marne lead allied attacks with around 350 tanks that rumbled smashing through German lines. -
World War 1 ended
After four years of destruction had come to a peace settlement, they gathered outside of paris to work out terms of peace. The peace term left many feeling betrayed and bitter. -
Treaty of Versailles
Between Germany and the Allied powers the Treaty of Versailles was signed to bring a compromise between the powers. This was to keep peace amond nations,