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assassination
franz ferdinand gets assassinated. this was made so yogoslav can be free of ausria. the trigger -
first battle
austians decaled war on sirbia. russian moblized to protect sirbia. alliances come into effect. -
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war declares
germany declares war on russia: aug. 1
germany declares war on france: aug. 3 -
germans invade
germany invades belgim
beritis declares war on germany -
blokades of the centeral powers
british declares the north sea a warzone. with this the cental powers had to rashin resorses. like 1000 colories meals. about 400,000 civilian deaths due to this. -
more blockades.
germany declares the seas around the british isles a warzone. they did this to brevent trade with the brithis isles. they used submarians to enforce it. -
the Lusitania
The Lusitania had set sail for liverpool from new york. it was a mail ship that was carrying mail and cargo. the germans said that this is fair game because it could be carrying ammunithion and supplies even if its a british ship. the germane acually put an advertismmennt saying that all travelers travel at their own risk. -
sunked
it almost reached its desiination liverpool. about 10-15 miles of the coast of irland and it encounterd a german u-boat. the german u-boat then sent a torpedoto the Lusitania and it blew up. it had 1959 total passangers and crew and 1195 had died. this one is so fames because 128 americans died. -
action
germans had agreeded to no loger attake passenger boats. this was one of the triggers for amarica to enter the war. and america acully won't enter the war until apr. 1917. -
president election
woodrow wilson had made his campaign on the bases of that he kept us out of war and he won. -
Zimmermann Telegram
Aurther Zimmermann had sent an encripted telegram to mexico which was not on the best terms with Amarica. now the letter had proposed that mexico be in an alliance with germany. the mexicans didn't take it that this could happen. but british inteligens intercepted it and shared it with the amaricans. but the real purpuse was to make the amaricans mad. -
US enters
president wilson addresses congress why we need to declare war on germany. Congress then passed it and the president approved it on Apr. 6. the point that he made was germany's unrestricted submarine warfare. the most listed of this is the sinking of the lusintanian. another point that he made was that they tried to encite the mexicans in this. He also pointed out the thing that they did in belgian atrosites. wilson had strongly pointed out was the fight for democracy. -
the close
The russians signed a peace treaty called the brest litousic and it took russia out of the war. they knew if they whanted any claim on this land that they would have to move troops that way to ocupie it. this was later nullified because the germans lost the war. with this they can then focaes on a one front war.
