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Franz Ferdinand Assassination
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated and this started the biggest war in history -
Austria Rejects Serbia
Austria rejects Serbias offer and declared war. -
The Schlieffen Plan
German thinks up a plan to fight the war on two fronts. The Western and Eastern Front. -
Stalemate on Eastern Front
The fight on the Eastern Front was a stalemate. -
Battle of Marne
Allies attack Germans northeast of Paris in the valley of the Marne River. -
Schlieffen Plan Ruined
Allies attack Germans and drive them back 60 miles. The win at the Marne River destroyed the Schlieffen Plan. -
Gallipoli Campaign
Allies fought for the Gallopoli Peninsula and ended up losing with a quarter of a million soldiers lost. -
Battle of Verdun
Germans attack French, each side lost 300,000 men. -
Battle of Somme
British attack Germans and Britain lost 20,000 in the first day. -
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Germans declare that they will attack any ship on the waters around Britain. -
United States Declares War
President Wilson declares war and joins the Allied Powers -
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Takes Over
Lenin insists on ending the war between Russia and Germany -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Germany and Russia signed a treaty which ened the war between them. Russia had to give up Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Germany. -
Second Battle of Marne
Central Powers crumbled and Germany declared itself a Republic. Marshall Foch and German Government meet and sign a armstice. -
Armstice Signed
German yand Marshall Foch signed an armstice which had them agreed to stop fighting. This was basically the end of the war. -
Treaty of Versailles
Germnay nad Allied Powers signed this and stopped the fighting. A league of nations was created.