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Grigori yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian mystic and self proclaimed holy man.
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The Schlieffen plan is a name given after the first world war to German war plans.
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Also known as second battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany. the battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian second army.
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A month after the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, the Austro- Hungarian government declares war.
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German offensive in the eastern front 2-16 September 1914 during the second month of world war I, it took place only days after the battle of Tannenberg.
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A military campaign in the first world war that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula.
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the Lusitania was a British- registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an imperial German navy U-boat during the first world war.
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battle of Verdun was fought from February 21st to December 18th, 1916 on the western front in France. the battle was the longest of the first world war.
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British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German foreign minister Arthur Zimmerman to German minister to Mexico. the telegram was considered the greatest intelligence coup of world war I.
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Also known as the great influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer of the Spanish flu was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic.
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A separate peace treaty signed on march 3rd 1918, between Russia and the central powers, that ended Russia's participation in wwI.
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The last major German offensive on the western front during the first world war.
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Formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. not necessary the end of the war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace.
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Formal meeting in 1919 to 1920 of the victorious allies after the end of the world war I to set peace.
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The first worldwide intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.