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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.
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The day that World war 1 began, Austira- hungary declared war on serbia.
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Germany and Austria- Hungary known as the central powers were in battle with Great Britian, France, Russia known as Allied powers.
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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.
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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.
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British, Australian, New zealand , and French troops made repeated assualts on the Gallipoli and battled the rest of the year.
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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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Germans announced that the submarines would sink without warning any ships in the water around Britian.
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President Wilson asked congress to declare war . The US entered war on the side of the Allies.
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Lenin insisted in ending his country's invlovement in the war. He offered Germany a truce as his first act,
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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.
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Second battle of the Marne lead allied attacks with around 350 tanks that rumbled smashing through German lines.
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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.
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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,