World War I Key Events

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  • Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
    sparked WWI
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    WWI

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia to start WWI

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia to start WWI
    retaliation for assassination

  • Battle of the Marne

    Battle of the Marne
    Schlieffen plan fails

  • The Race to the Sea

    The Race to the Sea
    sparked by Schlieffen plan

  • Sinking of Lusitania

    Sinking of Lusitania
    thought to carry munitions, sunk by U-boat

  • Germany USW

    Germany USW
    submarines all over Atlantic

  • Treaty of Bret-Litvosk

    Treaty of Bret-Litvosk
    GE knocks RU out of war

  • Spring Offensive

    Spring Offensive
    last magor GE offensivve

  • Armistice

    Armistice
    ends hostilities and war

  • Meuse-Argonne Offensive

    Meuse-Argonne Offensive
    final Allied offensive leading to German surrender; also largest American battle of WWI.