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Crimean War
Russia loses to Great Britain, France and Ottoman Empire. They withdraw from conflict. -
Austria-Hungary Annexes Bosnia
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
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Austria declares war on Serbia
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Germany declares War on France
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Germany declares war zone around Great Britain
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Battle of Verdun
A ten month long ordeal between French and German armies. Part of the German campaign to take the offensive on the Western Front. 540,000 French and 430,000 Germans died. Consider to be one of the most brutal event of World War I. Considered to be the event with the highest density of dead. It was a stalemate. -
Germany sends Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico, proposing to ally against the United States
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United States declares war on Germany
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Bolshevik Revolution begins
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Treaty of Versailles ends World War I
