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Bismarck makes Prussia and The German Kingdoms into a slingle nation.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes the ruler of Germany after his fathers death.
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Great Britain's Queen Victoria dies.
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In the Russo-Japanese war Russia suffered a defeat.
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In order to create a counterweight to the German Empire, the British decided to enter into an alliance with France called the Entente Cordiale.
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It was Germany's effort to cause a conflict between france and Great Britain that just concluded an alliance.
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Austria-Hungary decided to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina that was formally a big part of the Ottoman Empire.
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A war between Italy and the Ottoman Empire destroyed the hopes of the Balkans being a great empire.
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The Balkan League turn against Serbia and Greece and the Balkan league defeated bulgaria.
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Gavirio Princep killed the archduke and his wife.
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Austria hungary invaded Serbia which started WWI.
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Ottoman Empire and Germany sign a secret treaty of alliance that lasted through WWI.
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Germany declares war on France.
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Germany invades Belgium, leading Britain to declare war on Germany.
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Austria Hungary invades Russia.
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The Germans sunk a cruise ship that had many people on it, without giving the innocent civilians a chance.
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The Germans sent a telegraph to the Spanish saying that when they won the war, the Germans would give them New Mexico and Texas. This lead to America joining the war.
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The Eastern front was not as big during the war as the western front. The Eastern front is where people fought with guns and horseback, but is was still not an easy way to live. The Eastern front also consisted of the Russian revolution that consumed most of Russia during the war.
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The US joined the war because of the sinking of the Lithuanian and because of the Zimmerman telegram it had intercepted. This is what mostly won the war for the Allied powers. The generals wanted the US to be like the big red one where all of the soldiers were trained as top notch soldiers, but Germany just about invaded Paris so the US had to go straight to war.
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Aviation played a big part in WWI killing many people. Kiffin Rockwell (a French aviation pilot) was the first man to shoot down a plane, and he was from NC. Then the Red Baron was a German aviation pilot who took down the most planes in WWI
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Tanks played a big part in the war, going very slow and not an All terrain vehicle it was hard to get anywhere. But the guns the tank had took up for its speed.
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They sunk millions of tons of cargo and they are why the Germans had such a strong Naval Core.
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There was no real decisive clash between battle fleets in World War I, but it still was a major impact during WWI. The German U-boats were what all boat were afraid of. The war at sea was 1 thing that brought the US into war
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The day that the Axis powers surrendered was 11/11/1918 at 11:00. The last person to die was Privette Henry Gunter.
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This is where chemical warfare, trench warfare and where the hardest conditions during the war took place. This is also where the Christmas Truce took place, where all the soldiers stopped fighting and exchanged gifts.
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November 11, 1918 was Armistice day. This day was celebrated for the coming home of all the soldiers of the war. This parade lasted for days and thousands upon thousands of people joined together in large cities to see the soldiers come home