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The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle department of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War.
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Alsace-Lorraine was transferred to Germany in the peace settlement, allowing Prussia to declare the German Empire.
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Bolshevik, member of a wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party, led by Lenin, seized control of the government in Russia (October 1917) and became the dominant political power.
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The Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary announces its annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, dual provinces in the Balkan region of Europe formerly under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
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In an event that is widely acknowledged to have sparked the outbreak of World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on this day in 1914.
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On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War.
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The World War I First Battle of the Marne featured the first use of radio intercepts and automotive transport of troops in wartime.
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On August 15th, Japan issued Germany an ultimatum demanding that the German fleet be withdrawn from the Far East and that Kiaochow be surrendered within the week. When nobody agreed, they declared war on Germany.
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On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner. this was carrying over 100 Americans.
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The Battle of Verdun, fought from 21 February – 18 December 1916, was one of the largest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies.
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The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was one of the largest battles of the First World War. It was also one of the bloodiest military battles in history.
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In an address before a joint meeting of Congress, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson discusses the aims of the United States in World War I and outlines his famous “Fourteen Points” for achieving a lasting peace in Europe.
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He gained a reputation as a powerful militarist through his speeches and ill-advised newspaper interviews. While Wilhelm did not actively seek war, he tried to hold back his generals from mobilizing the German army
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World War I reparations were compensation imposed during the Paris Peace Conference upon the Central Powers following their defeat in the First World War by the Allied and Associate Powers. Each of the defeated powers was required to make payments in either cash or kind.