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Germany officialy unified
Making all of the seperate Germanic territories into one, unified body made them a power that could fight in the world war. -
France loses Alsace &Lorrainne to Germany
It would give France reason to hate Germany and an excuse to fight them. -
Triple Entente Formed
It made a powerful alliance of countries in Europe that would make war on a global scale possible. -
Bolsheviks emerge as a political group
It caused turmoil and upheaval in Russia, and would eventually lead to the first communist country. -
Russo-Japanese War
It was a war that made Alexander kerensky very U favored I'm the sight of the Russian people. -
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia
The crisis that ensued permanently damaged relationships with Austria and other European countries. -
Schlieffen Plan Put Into Action
Britain would then be forced to declare war on Germany -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
It was the straw that broke the worlds back -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Was the first war declared in the soon coming world war -
Ottoman-Germany alliance formed
Increased Germany's military strength, making them a country to be feared by...everyone else. -
Japan declares war on Germany
Helped free many Russian soldiers that would have to worry about Germanys attacks -
Battle of Marne
First use of automobile transport in warfare and would begin the widespread use of trench warfare -
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
Germany would put a president in power following his failure -
Lusitania sinks
It gave america reason to join World War One and painted Germany in a very bad light. -
Battle of Verdun
Fought for months with over a million deaths and only resulted in a gain of nothing of real value. -
Battle of Somme
Killed around a million soldiers and accomplished nothing of value -
Unrestricted Submarine
Made the war unfair (which was breaking an unspoken rule of war) and gave Germany control of the seas -
Tsar Nicholas II Abdicates
Left Russia in a state that would breed communism. -
Fourteen Points proposed
Potentially could have stopped world war 2 from ever happening if it was put into place -
Russia signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Effectively took Russia out of ww1 -
Treaty of Versailles
Made Germany bitter and broken, would lead to world war 2 -
Germany stops reparation payments to France
This shows how unfair the treaty of Versailles was.