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The second German Reich
they will focus on internal growth and stablilization and will also worry about foreign affairs. Bismarck will try to isolate France and will ally with A-H, Russia, and Italy -
Dual Alliance created
This is a treaty between Austria hungary and Germany -
Triple Alliance is formed
this is an alliance between Austria Hungary, Germnay, and Italy this will insure that France does not attack Germany -
Reinsurance Treaty
Secret treaty between Russia and Germany that said if one went to war the other would remain neutral. -
Bismarck is dismissed
as soon as bismarck is dismissed whilhelm drops the reinsurance treaty with russia -
Franco-Russian Alliance
this was a suprise alliance because the French and Russians are complete opposites France is a Republic while Russia was still a absolute monarchy. But both countries were willing to let go of governmental differences for the protection of the countries. France will give financial support to Russia inorder for them to modernnize. -
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
Engalnd comes out of "splendid isolation" and allies with japan because of the loss of popularity the germans created in the boer war, and the japanese can control the russian expansion and they can reserve navy becuase japan also has a good navy japan has the perfect situation. -
Entente Cordiale
France and Britian become freinds again -
First Morroccan Crisis
Wilhelm goes to Morroco (a French colony) and supports the sultan and the rebel group to rebel but France was able to put the rebellion down very easily this was done to make tension between GB and France but ended up bringing them closer together as allies -
Triple Entente
GB, France, and Russia. Japan was not included becuase of the conflict between Japan and Russua (Russo-Japanese war) -
Second Morrocan crisis
Britinan and France will become closer and will start to coordiate navy's -
Italy attacks and conqures Libya
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First Balkan Crisis
The serbians will go to war with each other over the balkan land and GB will call london Conference -
London Conference
says that nobody will get the land and it will become Independent Kingdom of Albania -
Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
Sarajevo he was there to promote his empirewhere he would accept all minorities and he was assasinated by the Black Hand which was a Slavic terrorist group. germand wasnted A-H to declare war on Serbia -
A-H issues ultimatum to Serbia
they reject -
A-H declares war on Serbia
russia mblizes troops towards Austrian border becuase they know germany is about to get involved -
Germany issues ulitimatum to Russia
they deny becuase they think France will join -
Germany declares war on Russia
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Germnay declares war on France
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German forces invade Belgium
Middle of August Russian forces invade eastern Russia and the german commander von moltke will withdrawl troops from belgium to fight russians -
GB will declare war in Germany
they were insure of joining due to "spledid isolation" but the germans invaded belgium (a neutral state) so they had to -
German advancemnets are halted at Battle of Marne
A plateau in machinery so everyone war equal and the germans were forced to slightly withdrawl -
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Goal: to end the war
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Dardanelle Campaign
failed attepmpt by british to seize the dardanelles -
battle of gallipoli
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Armenian Genocide
the ottomans commited genocide to many armenians this was also one of the earlier uses of interment camps and massacres of the armenian people -
Italy joins war on side of Allies
they promise italy trent and triste at the end of the war -
Sinking of the Lusitania
A german U-boat sinks an American passanger ship and kills 100 Americans this is when WWI becomes an American War. -
Lawrence of Arabia
(britain)Promises land to the arabs to create a free arab state when the war is over -
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Battle of Verdun
central powers attack france and move all the way to verdun but becuase of the way the land was the french were able to protect the city and prevail and win the battle (under command of general petain) -
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Battle of Jutland
in the north sea between the germna navy and the british navy GB ends up winning and shows they are still the most powerful naval power -
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Battle of Somme
Allied offensive on the central powers they moved 2 1/2 miles the first month and on a mile they rest of the battle this was the first place they used tanks (not affective) Brits lose. -
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Russian military is collapsing
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Zimmerman Telegraph
an alliance plea with mexico used to destract the american from the european part of the war. an american spy found the telegram in mexico and informed the government but the germans wanted to end the war before they could moblize. -
Revolution is Russia
tsar was abdicated and Russia becomes a republic -
US declares war as an associate power on the side of the allies
they moblize quickly the army goes from 130,000,000 to 400,000,000 Germans at this time will fund the return of Lenin to russia -
Francis Joseph (archduke of A-H) dies
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Balfour declaration
a jewish homeland will be created but this land was promised also to the arabs by lawrence of arabia -
Bloshevick Revolution
Lenin brgins the process of exsiting the war -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Germnay had upper hand in treaty Russia loses 1/4 of Pre WWI terriotries, all of baltic states, 30% of population, 50% industry, 89% capability, and must pay indemities -
germans launch emperors battle
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Allies halt Germans at the marne in France
the germans know they are going to lose at this point -
Bulgaria and Turks exit war
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Austrai-Hungary split into two diferent kingdoms
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The U.S. does not surrender becuase of Kaisers dictatorship
Within the german army there are many mutnies and strikes this made the kaiser step down and announce Germany to be a republic the republic will surrender and the republic will in turn be looked at as traitors to the people becuase of how little common people know about the war and the stance of Germany at that time. -
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Great influenza
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Paris Treaties