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Battle of Tannenberg
Russia went to Prussia for war. It was hard for Russia to get supplies to their troops because of the railway. The Germans used the railway to surround Russia's second army. This resulted in a win for Germany -
Battle of Masurian Lakes
This time the Germans decided to try to focus their attention of Russia's first army. They didn't defend them completely though. They did take over 100,000 prisoners -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Franz and his wife planned to inspect to Austro-Hungarian troops on this day. When the Black Hand found out about this, they gave weapons to a group of students to assassinate them with. They were traveling in an open car. When they stopped, the group got inside and killed him and his wife. -
Germany declaring war
Germany declared war on Russia. A few days later it also declared war on France. Germany used the "Schleiffen Plan" in war. -
Britain declaring war on Germany
Britain sent Germany a letter. They wanted them to withdraw from Belgium (Neutral). They didn't withdraw so Britain got mad and declared war -
Austria declared war with Serbia
The government of Austria thought that Serbia was to blame for assassinating Franz and his wife. Germany sided with Austria. Russia sided with Serbia -
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WW1
This was a big war between the Central and Allied Powers. This took place in Europe in the western and eastern fronts. It started because of an assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Austria thought that Serbia did this, so they declared war on them. WW1 ended because both sides signed the Treaty of Versailles. -
Turkey got involved
They were on the side of the central powers. Russia was bombing Germany so they helped them with that. Russia wasn't very happy about this -
Russia, Britain and France declared war on Turkey
Since Turkey was on Germany's side, Russia declared war on them. Britain and France were Russia's allies. They also declared war on them for this reason. -
Second Battle of Ypres
This was the first time poisoness gas was used in a war. The Germans used this. This killed several British -
The Lusitania sinking
There were crazy protests from the US. This was for the German U boat campaign. The Lusitania had several passengers and it was suck because of this -
The treaty of Versailles
This was a peace treaty. Both sides of the war signed it in order to stop the war. This took place in the Hall of Mirrors
