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Web of alliances
This creted two camps bound by commitment to mantain sovereignty and intervene military. -
the triple allience
Linked german, austria hungary and Italy -
The russo japannese war
An example of emerialism. It brought the triple entente together. -
The triple Entente
Linked france, great britain and russia. -
War in the Air
Aeroplanes were jus being involved and used in wars at this time -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed
Was shot and killed by a Serbian man who thought Serbia should control Bosnia instead of Austria. -
Austria hungrary declares war on serbia
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Germany declared war on russia
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Germany declared war on France
because france was allianced whith serbia -
Britain declared war on Germany.
It became known as The Great War because it affected people all over the world. -
The Defence of the Realm Act
Lots of new jobs were created, such as making weapons in factories. Some women got the chance to work for the first time. The war years affected everybody. Their lives would never be the same again. -
War at Sea
Naval battles mainly took place in the North Sea and the Atlantic. Britain used blockades to stop Germany from receiving supplies by sea. Germany reacted by using U-boats (submarines) to attack ships travelling to Britain. -
Batalle of the Somme
A famous example of trench war was the Battle of the Somme which started. Around one million soldiers were killed, wounded or missing. -
the infusion of the american troupes
The america toupes provided resources into the western front and it finally tipped the scale in the allies favour. -
Germany signed an amisticeagreement with the allies
at five amthat morning. germany, benefit of manpower and supplies and feced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice