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He was shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on this day in 1914.
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Created by General Count Alfred von Schlieffen in December 1905. The Schlieffen Plan was the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in response to international tension, had started to mobilise her forces near the German Border.
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The types of warfare allowed for more defensive strategies to be utilized throughout the war. The biggest example of this is trench warfare. Mostly used during the Civil War.
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During World War I, on and around Christmas Day 1914, the sounds of rifles firing and shells exploding faded in a number of places along the Western Front in favor of holiday celebrations in the trenches and gestures of goodwill between enemies.
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On April 22, 1915, German forces shock Allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium. This was the first major gas attack by the Germans, and it devastated the Allied line.
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A german U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. More than 1,100 perished, including more then 120 Americans.
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The greatest and lengthiest in world history. Never before or since has there been such a lengthy battle, involving so many men, situated on such a tiny piece of land. 337,000 casualties was involved
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The Sussex Pledge was a promise given by the German Government to the United States of America on May 4th 1916 in response to US demands relating to the conduct of the First World War.
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A message from the German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmermann, to the German ambassador to Mexico.
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President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany in World War I.
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The CPI provided propaganda during WWI to rally the support of American citizens for all aspects of the war effort.
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