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world war 1
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Triple Alliance is formed
Germany, A-H and italy join forces to create a military alliance and a mutual protection agreement. -
Germany joins Russia in an alliance
Germany decides to ally with Russia to isolate France geographically -
Bismarck to resign
Kaiser Wilhelm II changes foreign policy, forced Bismarck to resign -
end of alliance between Germany and Russia
Wilhelm II allows alliance with Russia to expire. Now the relationship between Germany and Russia has become a little dicey
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Russia formed alliance with France
the alliance formed was a military defense alliance. This shows how Russia in some ways jumped ships from being in an alliance with germany to being in an alliance with France now Germany is stuck in the middle -
Britain formed entente
France and Britain put aside their differences and disagreements in the past to form the entente alliance in defense against the triple alliance -
Britain France and Russia form the Triple Entente.
after Russia broke the alliance with germany, than joined alliances with Britain and France this created a lot of tension -
Austria presented Serbia with the ultimatum
The ultimatum was really a set-up for war. Serbia accepted all of the absurd things Austria had asked of them accept one -
8. June 28, 1914 Ferdinand and Sophie visit Sarajevo and are assassinated by Gavrilo Princip
this event was the kickoff of World War 1. A-H became very angered by this and Germany was there urging them on to declare war. -
Austria declared war on Bosnia.
Because they did not fully agree to the ultimatum, war was declared -
Germany declared war on Russia
Geany declaring war on Russia created true enemies between tthe nations as well as a war on both sides of Germany. -
Germany declared war on Russia
Germany Began to feel threatened by Russia who would be protected Serbia, their ally whom Germany would be fighting. so they declared war on Russia aswell. -
Germany declared war on France
Germany had expected France to get involved in the war seeing it was an ally of Russia so they took the liberty in declaring war against France. Germany is now fighting a war on both borders. -
Britain declared war on Germany
Britain initially declared war because of their attack on belgium. at this point all of the allies were at war with one another except for italy and the U.S -
1st Battle of the Marne
The allies attacked Germany and this battle was one of the biggest. germany was almost about to capture Paris but the Allies fought them off -
Ottoman Empire formally joins Central Powers
they attempted to join the most powerful power by gaining Russia as an enemy and bombed their ports -
Italy joins Entente
The Treaty of London basically stated that if Italy fought the War with the entente it would gain territory. Italy's entry into the war added more trouble for the south of Germany. -
Germany sinks the U.S.S. Lusitania
Germany began using unrestricted submarine warfare, basically sinking any ship carrying weapons to fight again Germans. Germany sunk the U.S.S Lusitania killing over 100 americans. This really angered the United States. -
Germans announce their policy of unrestricted submarine warfare
Germans say that they will stop using unrestricted submarine warfare. but when they hit more ships carrying US passengers the US's anger towards Germany grows. -
U.S. intercepts the Zimmermann Note
Britain intercepted a Note from Germany to mexico telling them if they joined forces, germany would help mexico win back land it originally lost to the United States. this was the last straw for the US -
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ended Russia’s involvement in WWI
Because of Russia's problems within the country, they could not handle to be in a war,this left only the france boarder for Germany to fight -
Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany
After all of the warnings, Woodrow Wilson feels that unless they take action, Germany could be a serious threat to the United states. -
24. July 1918 Second Battle of the Marne
without having to worry about Russia, Germany put all its power into this battle, overtime their army weakened and with U.S reinforcements and energy. the entente was able to push germany back. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II stepped down from power, Germany declared itself a republic
Germany's Kaiser stepped down because the central powers was crumbling within. The Habsburg empire had ended, the solders have mutatied, the war was essentually over. -
German representative and French Commander Marshal Foch signed an armistice.
The armistice was the calling for the end of world war 1. after 4 years of fighting, France Britain Russia Italy and The US finally saw victory.
