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Battle of the Somme
joffre had agreed to the bef making its main effort in flanders but in february 1916 it was decided to mount a combined offensive where the french and british armies met -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
one month to the dayafter franzferdinand of austrai him and his wife were killed by serbain nationalists in sarajevo austria hungary declares war on serbia effectively beginning the first world war -
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USSR withdraws from war
The killed there family and signed an agreement with german so he could go back to russia and be leader. -
The fighting startes
Germany invaded belgum following a stratagey known as the schlieffen plan this plan called for a holding action against russia combined with a quick drive through belgum to paris -
Declareing war
germany declared war on russia allys france -
Germany invades Belgium
the belgian government had announced that if war came it would uphold its neutrality -
The assassination leads to war
Germany obligated by treaty to support austia hungary declared war on russia -
Battle of Tannenburg
the battle of tannenburg was an engagement between the russian and the german emires in the first days of world war one it was fought by the russian second army against the german eith army -
First Battle of the Marne
the battle of the marne was a first world battle fought betwen the 5th and the 12th -
Sinking of the Lusitania
During the first world war as germany waged submarine warfare against the united kingdom of great britan and ireland -
Lusitania
When a U-boat sank the brittish liner Lusitania off the southern coast or ireland Of the 1,198 persons lost 128 were americans -
the assasination of franz ferdinand
the assasinated him because he wanted freedom and veiwed austria hungary as supressing their nation and their rights -
Battle of Verdun
the battle had begun on february 21 after the germans led by chief of staff erich von falkenhayn devolped a plan to attack the fortress city of verdun on the meuse river in france -
Battle of the Jutland
Was anaval battle fought between the royal navys grand fleet and imperial german navys high seas fleet. -
The 1916 election
The democrats renominated wilson and the republicans nominated supreme court justice charles evans hughes. -
German Spring offensive of 1918
was a series of german attacks along the western front -
US declares War
The world must be made safe before domocracy woodrow wilson proclaims on this day he sppears before congress to ask for a delcleration of war against germany -
World War 1 Ends
The war ends
