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Archduke Franz Ferdinand visited the Bosnian capitol of sarajevo. as the royal entourage drove through the city, Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip stepped from the crowed and shot him and his wife.
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They declared was because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
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Belgium had a weak fighting force of 117,000 troops, The Germans quickly seized the city
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The Battle of Tannenberg between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in the first days of World War I.The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army. Kept the Russians off-balance until the spring of 1915
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Germany was against the French and British forces. It marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare which was to characterize the World War.
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A German U-Boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland. Of the 1,198 people lost, 128 were Americans. Americans were outraged with Germany and turned against them and the Central Powers.
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Was fought on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on hills north-eastern of France. It was the longest single battle of World War One.
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Was a naval battle fought by the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet. Germany wanted to destroy a large percentage of the British navy. The British navy held dominance over the English Channel.
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Between French, British, and Germany. More than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed, making it one of the bloodiest battles. The goal of the battle was to make a breakthrough against the German lines and to take some of the pressure off of French troops who were fighting the Germans at Verdun
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The kaiser announced that U-Boats would sink all ships in British waters. Wilson was stunned. The Germans decision meant the US would have to go to war.
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Peace treaty between Russia and the central powers.
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Ws a series of German attacks along the Western Front,The Germans had realised that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the alies before the United States could be deployed.
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The alliances of the Cental Powers were weak lacking supplies and men. Germany was finally forced to give up.
