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On June 28th 1914 Franz Ferdinand and his wife was assassinated by Gravlio Princip.
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Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia using the assassination of Franz Ferdinand as a reason to do so
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Great Britain declared war on Germany for violating Belgian neutrality. The Dominions of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand joined the British.
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The Sinking of the Lusitania, a civilian ship. By Germany killed more then 1,200 people whom over 100 were American.
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The French failed to capture an important Bulgarian stronghold at a monastery in the Vardar Macedonia region. -
The Germans promised to stop sinking passenger vessels but still attacked after they said that.
German cruiser "Undine" sunk by British submarine "E.-19"
Italian S.S. "Ancona " sunk by Austrian submarine. -
The Silvertown explosion was an explosion of a munition plant which killed 73 people
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On April 6th The United States joined in on the war in Europe and declared war on Germany, ending U.S neutrality.
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WW1 Officially ends and the fighting on land, air, and sea stops. Germany signs the Armistice.
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Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles and is forced to pay a massive amount of money and is blamed entirely for the war.