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revaly
a bitter revarly grew between two nations the noth and south -
war
in the 1900's a bitter revarly grew bettween two nations -
nathonism
a feeling of intense loyolty to one's conrtey of groups, caused much of the iension in europe -
ww1
sinking the lusitania -
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beging of world warI
The people wanted to hear archduke franz ferdinand throne of the astro-hungarion empire -
WW1 BEGINS
FRANZ FERDINAND ASSASSINATED -
Germany declared war on Russia
Germany declared war on Russia -
The Battle of the Marne
The first month of the First World War had resulted in a series of victories by German forces in France and Belgium. By the end of August 1914, the whole Allied army on the Western Front had been forced into a general retreat back towards Paris. -
invading Belgium
Germany invades Belgium -
Lusitania sunk
There were outraged protests from the United States at the German U-boat campaign, when the Lusitania, which had many American passengers aboard, was sank. -
Short Water Supplies
Water was now in short supply. It was carried up the cliffs of Gallipoli to the soldiers in the trenches. Without water the soldiers were getting tired and dehydrated. -
Corporal Cyril Basset
Corporal Cyril Basset became the first New Zealander to win the Victorian Cross. It was awarded to him for repairing the telephone lines on the ridge between the frontline and headquaters. -
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill served in Belgium as lieutenant colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. -
Battle of the Somme
The battle consisted of an offensive by the British and French armies against the German Army -
Battle of Jutland
This was the only truly large-scale naval battle of the war. German forces, confined to port by a British naval blockade, came out in the hope of splitting the British fleet and destroying it ship by ship. However, the British admiral, Beatty, aware that the German tactics were the same as those used by Nelson at Trafalgar, sent a smaller force to lure the German's into the range of Admiral Jellicoe's main fleet. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war against the United States.[1] The proposal was caught by the British before it could get to Mexico. The revelation angered the Americans and led in part to a U.S. declaration of war in April.[2] -
US entered the war
After two and a half years US finaly entered the war on Britian and Frances side. -
President Woodrow Wilson delivers his fourteen points speech to the U.S. Congress
A separate peace treaty is signed by Soviet Russia and the Central Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey at Brest-Litovsk -
German U-boats appear in US waters.
German U-boats appear in US waters for first time -
Communists begin a revolt in Berlin.
With World War 1 over, the Allies squable between themselves over the terms of the treaty of versailles, whilst Germany sinks into violence and chaos as the Freikorps puts down various Communists attempts to seize power. -
treaty of versailles
it was the treaty that ended world WAR 1 -
Treaty Of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918 and in the shadow of the Russian Revolution and other events in Russia. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris - hence its title - between Germany and the Allies. The three most important politicians there were David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson. -
founding of the triple entente
the name given to the alliance among Great Britain, France and Russia after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907. The alliance of the three powers, supplemented by various agreements with Portugal, Japan, the United States, Brazil and Spain,
