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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Unoffical start of World War 1 -
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begining and end of World War 1
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Russia mobilizes
Russia mobilizes its vast army to intervene against Austria-Hungary in favor of its ally, Serbia. This move starts a chain reaction that leads to the mobilization of the rest of the European Great Powers, and inevitably to the outbreak of hostilities. -
Declairation of World War 1
Germany invades Belgium, beginning World War I. -
Germans fire
The Germans fire shells filled with chlorine gas at Allied lines. This is the first time that large amounts of gas are used in battle, and the result is the near-collapse of the French lines. However, the Germans are unable to take advantage of the breach. -
Lusitania sinks
German submarine sinks, it carries 1,198 people, 128 of them american -
Germany limits their subarines
Reacting to the sinking of lusitania, germany limited their submarines. -
First Tanks
The British employ the first tanks ever used in battle, at Delville Wood. Although they are useful at breaking through barbed wire and clearing a path for the infantry, tanks are still primitive and they fail to be the decisive weapon, as their designers thought they would be. -
Submarines back
Germany continues unrestricted submarines -
U.S. enters war
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Germany and Russia at peace
Germany signs a peace treaty with Russia, causing serious problems for the French, British, and Americans. -
Armistice Day
World War is ended
