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World War I

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  • Archduke Francis Ferdinand Assassinated

    Archduke Francis Ferdinand Assassinated
    1. The Archduke was shot by a Serbian terrorist. His assassination caused a chain of events that 37 days later would lead to World War1. 2.The Austria-Hungary government believed that the Serbians had helped the Bosnian terrorists in the attack.

  • Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia
    1. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia which is the beginning of the first world war.
    2. Austria-Hungary prepared for a possible invasion of Serbia.

  • Germany Declares War on France

    Germany Declares War on France
    1.Germany declared war on France. German troops poured into Belgium as directed under the Schleiffen Plan, drawn up in 1905.
    2. The British foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, gave them one more chance by demanding Germany to back down from the neutral Belgium.

  • Germany Invades Belgium

    Germany Invades Belgium
    1. After assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28th June, 1914, the Belgian Army (43,000 men) were placed on its borders.
    2. The German ultimatum to Belgium on 2nd August gave King Albert and his government the choice of fighting or being conquered.

  • Germany Declares War on Russia

    Germany Declares War on Russia
    1. Four days after Russia and Germany declare war against each other and France orders troops to help.
    2. The Archdukes assassination caused this.

  • German U-Boats Sink the Lusitania

    German U-Boats Sink the Lusitania
    1. Germany returns to the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
    2. Unrestricted submarine warfare was first introduced in World War I in early 1915, when Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone.

  • Germany Announces Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

    Germany Announces Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
    1. German torpedo-armed submarines prepare to attack any and all ships.
    2. Three days later, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and just hours after that the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat.

  • The Zimmerman Note is Discovered

    The Zimmerman Note is Discovered
    1. Germany offered U.S.Territory to Mexico.
    2. This message brought the U.S. into war.

  • The United States Declares War on Germany

    The United States Declares War on Germany
    1. . Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean sea.
    2. On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany.

  • The Russian Monarchy is Overthrown

    The Russian Monarchy is Overthrown
    1. Two revolutions swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and setting in motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union.
    2. In March, growing civil unrest, coupled with chronic food shortages, erupted into open revolt, forcing the abdication of Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Russian czar.