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World War I "The Great War"

By stefanpell
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    Warld War I

  • Congress of Vienna

    -Establish rivalries

  • Defeat of French by Germans

    french wanted revenge and had bitterness towards germans

  • Central Powers

    Triple alliance

  • The Berlin Conference

  • Triple Entente

    Britian, France, Russia

  • Assassination of Archduke Franc Ferdinand

    Austria Declares War on Serbia

  • Austria declaes war on Serbia

  • Russia mobalizes troops

  • Germany invades Belgium "Schlieffen Plan"

    Germany Declares War on Russia

  • Germany declares war on France

  • Britain declares War on Germany

  • German Automatic Machine Gun

    the machine gun changed the way war was looked at.
    -turned untrained men into killing machines

  • Bulgaria Joins Central Powers

  • 1st Use of Poison Gas

    gas maskes had to be created to defend against the poison gas

  • Sinking of the Lusitaina

    *German U-boat

  • Treaty of london Italy joins Entente

    Germans begin to use Zepplins

  • British/German use of Armored Tanks

  • Stalemate Ends

    Battle of Gallipoli 200,000 die
    -battle of verdun and somme 1,000,000 dead

  • Zimmerman note

  • Germany Resumes unrestricted submarine Warfare

  • United States declares War on Germany

  • Russian Revolution

  • Treaty of Brest-litousk ends Russian involvement

  • President Wilson issues "14 Pionts"

  • Armistice Ends Fighting

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Paris Peace Conference

  • Worlwide Depression and Disillusion

  • Rise of Nazi Germany

    Hitler becomes dictator of Germany

  • World War II Begins