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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie.
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The Germans assaulted the heavily fortified city of Liege, using the most powerful weapons in their arsenal–enormous siege cannons–to capture the city
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Russian forces invaded East Prussia and German Poland, but were stopped short by German and Austrian forces,
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French and British forces confronted the invading Germany army, which had by then penetrated deep into northeastern France, within 30 miles of Paris.
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German reinforcements helped Austria-Hungary win a decisive victory. After Caporetto, Italy’s allies jumped in to offer increased assistance.
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The peace would be a “peace without victory” as put forward by Wilson in his famous Fourteen Points speech
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the treaty had signed and the peace came.
