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The day Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated. That day his wife was also shot down. These killings sparked a chain of events that led to WW1.
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It was immediately started from the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and wife Sophie. Before it started a number of defense alliances existed between the major European countries . There were other countries responsible for the starting of WW1
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was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia during World War I
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the boat was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 minutes. 1,959 people and crew were on the ship. 1,198 people drowned including 128 americans.
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The ending of Gallipolli battle. There was an estimated 27,000 french . 115,000 British all either killed or wounded.
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he longest single battle of World War One. The casualties from Verdun and the impact the battle had on the French Army was a primary reason for the British starting the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 in an effort to take German pressure off of the French at Verdun.
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one of the bloodiest of World War One. For five months the British and French armies fought the Germans in a brutal battle of attrition on a 15-mile front.
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The battle of Somme ends. More than 300,000 died. about 700,000 casualties. From french and German
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Battle of Verdun ends. had a total of 337,000 casualties which the Germans were almost half the Casualties. They used Western warfare in this battle.
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secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico.
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when the peasants and working class people of Russia revolted against the government of Tsar Nicholas II.
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the United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and just hours after that the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat.
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The continuing war led the German Government to agree to a suggestion that they should favor the opposition Communist Party (Bolsheviks), who were proponents of Russia's withdrawal from the war.
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was one of the first actions of the American Expeditionary Forces. It was part of the second battle of the Marne. Initially prompted by a German spring offensive.
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was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front
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signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany
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The end of the Argonne battle. It was a major part of the final allied offensive of world war 1. It stretched across the entire western front.
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Peace treaty that brought WW1 to an end. The treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied powers. It was signed in France, 10 miles outside of Paris.
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Meeting six days after the treaty of of Versailles, where the agreement of the League of Nations came into farce.