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Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne is killed
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian thorne and his wife Sophie made a visit to the capital of Bosnia, Sarajevo. While riding through the streets of Sarajevo, in an open car, the couple were shot a point blank range. The shooter was a 19 year old memeber of the black hand.(A secret society commited to ridding Bosnia of Austrian rule)
Austria decided to punish Serbia. Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print. -
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Austria declares war on Serbia
Austria rejects Serbia's offer and declares war on them. Russia, Serbia's ally, ordered the mobilization of troops toward the Austrian border. Alarm then struck lraders all over Europe, the fragile European stability seemed about to collapse. so the British foreign minister, the Italian government, and Kaiser Wilhelm urged Austria and Russia to negotiate, but the war was already a set thing.Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal LitBeck, Roger B. Mod -
Battle lines are drawn
Austria-Hungary vs. Great Britain A.K.A the central powers because of their location in the heart of Europe. Then in hopes of regaining their lost territories, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire would later join the central powers.Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print. -
Allies attack Germany
The Allies attacked Germany just northeast of Paris, in the valley of Marne river. All soldiers were involved, but when reinforcements were needed 600 taxi cabs were rushed from Paris filled with soldiers. Then after four long days of fighting, Germany retreated.Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print. -
Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli campaign started with the effort to take the Dardanellas straight. British, Australian, New Zealand, and French troops continued to make repeated assaults to the Gallipoli peninsula on the western side ofthe strait. so Turkish troops commanded mostly by German officers hurried to defend their region. Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print. -
Germany launches an attack on the French
Germany launches an attack on the French near Verdun, causing both sides to lose more than 300,000 men.Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print. -
The British attack Germany
The British army tried to relieve pressure from the French by attacking Germany on the northwest of Verdun, in the valley of Somme river. On the first day of the battle 20,000 soldiers were killed but when the battle ended both sides suffered half a million casulaties. Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print. -
Germany threatens Britain
The Germans announced that their submarines would sink without warning any ship in the waters around Britain. This policy was called unrestricted submarine warfare. Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print. -
The United States enters the war
President Wilson asked congress to declare war and this is when the United States entered the war on the side of the Allies.Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print. -
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seizes power
Communist Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power. Lenin insisted on ending his country's involvement in the war, so he offered Germany a truce. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Germany and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk that ended the war between them.Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print. -
Second battle of the Marne
The Allies and Germany clashed at the second battle of the Marne. The Allies attack strategy involved some 350 tanks that mowed over Germanys battle lines. Then with the arrival of 2 million more American troops the Allied powers continued toward Germnays battle lines. The Allied powers soon crumbled the Central powers. First was Bulgaria then the Ottoman turks surrendered. Then Austria-Hungary ended that empire and in Germany soldiers mutinied and the public turned on the Kaiser.Beck, Roger B. -
World War 1 ends
After four years of fighting the war had finally ended so it was time for peace. The leaders of the victorious nations gathered outside Paris to work out how they were going to work out the terms of Peace. The peace settlement that they were able to get left some feeling bitter and betrayed.Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles was signedby Germany and the Allied powers when a compromise was finally reached. They signed it five years to the day after Franz Ferdinand's assasination in Sarajevo. This treaty also adopted Woodrow Wilson's fourteenth point and created a league of nations. Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print.