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In Sarajevo in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist by the name of Gavrilo Principé.
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Kaizer Wilhelm of Germany promises Austria-Hungary aid if an invation on Serbia were to happen
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Austria-Hungary and Serbia are now officially at war. Austria-Hungary with the backing of Germany and Serbia with the backing of both France and Russia.
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Germany declares war on Serbias ally Russia.
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Germany declares war on France and invades neutral Belgium and Germany is implementing the Schlieffen plan.
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The first country of the Triple Entente declares war on a country of the Triple Alliance.
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When ths happens, Trench Warfare is introduced to the war
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A new way of warfare is introduced, aerial strikes.
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Allied troops invades Turkey
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The Lusitania is unprovaktively sunk by German submarines. The event causes many soldiers to sign up for the army.
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The former member of the Triple Alliance, Italy, declares war on their former allies Germany and Austria-Hungary, joining the Allied side of the war.
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The Tsar of Russia leaves his country in the power of the Tsarina and Rasputin in order to lead his army through a series of defeats.
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The start of the wars most dissastrous battle comences. Both sides suffer great casualties.
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The second most bloody battle starts in Somme, France.
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Lloyd George gets elected for Prime Minister.
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One of the wars "taboos" is put in use after some time with concenting agreement stating not to use the type of warfare.
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One of the most significant changes of the war happens when USA enters the war on the Allied side.
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Lenin had an agreement with Germany should he succeed in his revolution he would pull Russia out of the war. And so it went. This caused Germany to only have to fight on one front.
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Breakthrough for the Brits against the Turks.
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Lenin pulls Russia out of the war as he had promised Germany and avoided more defeats on the eastern front. Bad news for the Allies.
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The German army was slowly startong to collapse and Germany realized what way the war was going.
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The Germans are now pleading for an armistice between themselves and the Allies. The battles are now starting to stop. The word although, didnt travel that quickly, so it was still battles going on.
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Turkey has now made peace with the Allies and is out of the war.
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Austria has now made peace with the Allies.
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The Kaiser was forced to abdicate just before the war ended.
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Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War I.
