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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
They declared was because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie -
Germany invades Belgium
Belgium had a weak fighting force of 117,000 troops, The Germans quickly seized the city -
Battle of Tannenburg
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 -
First Battle of the Marne
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. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
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. -
Battle of Verdun
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. -
Battle of the Jutland
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. -
Battle of the Somme
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 -
US declares War
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. -
USSR withdraws from war
Peace treaty between Russia and the central powers. -
German Spring offensive of 1918
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. -
World War 1 Ends
The alliances of the Cental Powers were weak lacking supplies and men. Germany was finally forced to give up.
