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Triple Alliance is formed between Germany, A-H, and Italy
When Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy formed an Triple Alliance aggreeing to help eachother if one country was to go to war. -
Germany joins Russia in an alliance
Germany joins Russia in an alliance to remove another option for France to ally with. -
Wilhem II allows alliance with Russia to expire
Germany allows Russia's alliance with them to expire therefore forcing Russia to ally with France. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II changes foreign policy, forced Bismarck to resign
Germans foreign policy was changed because Wilhelm II did not want to share his power with any other nation. Therefore forcing Bismarck to resign. -
Russia formed defensive military alliance with France
This was good for Russia and France, but dangerous for Germany. Germany would then be forced to fight in a war on its eastern and western borders. -
Britain formed alliance with France
Germany built up their Naval forces which had threatened BNritain to form and ally with France. -
Britain made another entente with France and Russia, forming the Triple Entente.
Britain created an alliance with France and Russia to constitue a powerful counterweight to the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Itlay. -
Ferdinand and Sophie visit Sarajevo and are assassinated by Gavrilo Princip
Franz Ferdinand was going with his wife Sophia to visit Serbia for he was the heir. He knew the trip would be dangerous, but he did not know that the Serbs would take it so offensivley. They planned to kill Ferdinand with a bomb but that tatic failed, when one of his guards told him he had to flee the city, on his way out Gavrilo Princip was waiting at a corner where he there shot both Sophia and Franz and were killed. -
Germany counterattacked the Russians at Tannenberg. Four day battle
Germany counterattacked the Russians at Tannenberg. During the four- day battle, the Germans pushed the invading Russian army to retreat. More than 30,000 Russian soldiers were killed. -
Germany declared war on Russia
Russia started to mobilize along the German border. Russia's mobilization threatened Germany that forced them to declare war. -
Germany declared war on France
The Schlieffen plan had been in effect since 1897, it meant that Germant would be at war with France and Russia during the same time. They thought France would be easy to capture but Russia would be a struggle, but they were wrong when Russia started to modilize their army while France didnt which put them in a panic to attack France. -
Britain declared war on Germany
War was declared on Germany by Britain in a response to the German invasion of Belgium. Britain asked the ambassadors of both France and Germany if they would like to keep Beligum neutral, France agreed but Germany did not. This upset Britain, making war erupt. -
Allies attack Germany at the 1st Battle of the Marne
The first World War battle that lasted through the 12th of September. The battle effectively ended the month long German offensive that opened the war. The counterattack of France and Britain along the Marne River forced the German Imperial Army to abandon its push on Paris. -
Ottoman Empire formally joins Central Powers
The Ottoman Empire officially entered World War I on 28 October 1914 with the bombing of Russian Black Sea ports. Thery joined the war because of the German pressure. -
Austrians, with German assistance counter the Russians at the Battle of Limanowa
the Austrians counter the Russians with German assistance at the Battle of Limanowa. This stopped the Russians plans to invade Germany by going through Austria-Hungary. -
The Allies launch the Gallipoli campaign
Was a British and French plan to capture the Ottoman capital of Istanbul (Constantinople) and to have a secure sea route to Russia. This was a failure. -
Italy joins Entente
Italy enterend the war on April 26 as part of the Triple Entente -
Germany sinks the U.S.S Lusitania
Germany used U-boats to sink the Lusitania ship in fear that it was carrying war materials to aid the allied powers.This attack led to the U.S.A joining the war. -
Germans announce their policy of unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany thought that this war tatic would keep America out of war, when it initially made them join. This type of fighting worked for a while, till America joined the war to help their alliances that they had made. -
U.S. intercepts the Zimmermann Note
Germany tried to get Mexico to attack the U.S. by bribing them by promising the return of territory lost during the Mexican-American War. Luckily the U.S. had intercepted the telegram. -
Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany
The U.S. tried to stay neutral from World War even after they were attacked by Germany, U.S. tried to make an agreement with them to stop submarine warfare but they continued. It was the final straw once the armed U.S. steamer Aztec was torpedoed, which killed many troops. The next day Wilson stood before congress and delivered his message to join war. -
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ended Russia’s involvement in WWI
Russia had to be removed from the war because of the lack of food and supplies war was causing the country. Vladimir Lenin had an armistice signed with the Central Powers. -
Germany and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
This treaty provided relief to the Bolsheviks, who were busy fighting in the Russian Civil War. It gave the independence to Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania. -
Second battle of the Marne
The second battle of the Marne was the last major German attack on the Western Front.The German attack failed when an allied counterattack led by France overwhelmed the German. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II stepped down from power, Germany declared itself a republic
Wilhelm II was forced to step down from power there fore Germany declared itself a republic. An Armistice was signed making Germany no longer the most powerful nation.
