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on june 28, 1914 Franz Ferdinand with his wife in his car were assassinated by a member of the black hand Gavrilo Princip. -
on July 28 Austria Hungray declares war on Serbia for the assassination. -
after Hungary declared war on Serbia Germany declares war on Russia, France, and Belgium. and from there a whole war circle formed and all hell broke loose -
the Battle of Marne begins, germans advance to France but is fortified so the germans dug up the river and that's were trench wafare begins and the western front is established -
first battle of ypres begins and was fought on the western front. germans fought the french in this battle -
Britain and France declare war on the ottoman empire -
germans introduce chemical warfare in this battle against the french this chemical warfare cause a total of over 1 million casualties and 91,000 fatalities -
Lusitania gets torpedoed by a german U-boat with nearly 1,200 casualties including 128 U.S citizens -
the battle of verdun takes place for the next 10 months one of the most deadly wars of the period as over 700,000 casuilties with over 300,000 killed -
was a battle made for distracting Germany from the battle of Verdun little did the British know it would be the bloodiest day of history as over 20,000 people were killed in a day -
russians overthrow their previous leader and tsar Nicholas overtakes the thrown and withdraws Russia from the war as there were to many casualties -
U.S due to hearing about the Zimmerman telegraph enters and declares war against Germany -
this day was when the first treaty, the treaty of Brest-litovsk -
after the conflict with Germany and the U.S. Germany and its allies conclude an armistice. -
the war concludes to an end as the treaty of versallies is signed