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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
On July 28, 1914 Franz Ferdinand was assassinated along with his wife by a man named Gavrilo Princip. He was one of the six people involved in this scheme. He was shot and died almost immediately. -
Austria Declares war on Serbia
Exactly one month later Austria declares war on Serbia. Gavrilo Princip, the man that shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was from Serbia. Then that started a lot of other countries to declare war -
Germany Declares war on Russia
Germany invades neutral Belgium. And then Russia doesn't like that so they fight back and then Germany declare war on them. And then Germany declares war on France. -
Japan Declared war on Germany
Japan had a Alliance with Great Britain since 1902. Through that alliance they declared war on Germany. They started to participate in battles after that. -
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U.S. Deates Neutrality
While The Whole continent of Europe is under war the United States decides to stay neutral. This is very good because we didn’t want to get into any wars. -
Turkey entered the war on the side of the central powers
They enter the war on the side of the central powers. Then Russia Declares war on them and they start going to war. They join because of an alliance. -
Second Battle of Ypres
The second battle of Ypres was very important. This was the battle where poison gas was used for the first time by the Germans. They used it on the British forces -
Lusitania was sunk
The Americans were out raged when the boat was sunk. It was destroyed by a German u-boat and was carrying many american passengers. This helped us join the war. -
First Aeroplane raid
This was the first aeroplane attack on London used by the German forces. This also caused many casualties in Britain. And it forced them to protect their home from instead of attacking Germany. -
Armistice sighned
At 11 in the morning at a french town the armistice was signed. It was really unfair towards Germany. But i brought the war to an end.
