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franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed
triggers WW1 -
this battle was between Russia and germany
showed how bad the Russian military was
wiped out Russian entire 2nd army
1 gun for every 2 men in the Russian army -
Germany vs france and Britain
stoped German assault on France
Germany were halted at France
Both sides then dug trenches to fight -
this battle was between Britain and the Ottoman Empire
britain tried a naval invasion on ottoman empire and failed
Britain attempted to take over the capital of the Ottoman Empire
Britain wanted this because of the quick resupply route by sea to Russia -
German u-boat sinks passenger ship lusitania
germany sank many passenger ships with there U-boats -
battle between Germany vs France
Verdun was longest battle on the western front
the battle lasted for 303 days almost a year
It turned into a attrition battle with tremendous casualties -
largest battle in World war 1
over 1 million plus people died at this battle
First battle to see tanks being used in WW1
battle was between Germany and France -
Ended Tsar's reign of power
this is one of the 2 Russian revolutions -
telegraph sent to Mexico from germany sent to distract the US from WW1
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joins because of Zimmerman telegraph being intercepted
germany messing with other allies of the US -
Puts the boleshiek party in power
follows the March revolution in Russia -
temporarily stoped the war
later followed by the treaty of versailles -
blamed germany for the entire war
made peace of the war
14 points of Woodrow Wilson included -
Tried to prevent future war.
Attempted to make a Alliance between all countries. -
communist group won called the Bolsheviks
the USSR is the "union of soviet socialist republic"
