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After rejecting Japan's idea of splitting Manchuria and Korea up, Japan attacked one of Russia's ports, located in China.
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On this day, a group of workers that were led by Priest Gerogy Apollonovich Gapon marched to the czar's winter palace in St. Petersburg. Forces opened fire on the demonstrators, killing and wounding hugndreds.
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The dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary declares its annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which are provinces in the Balkan region of Europe that were formerly under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
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France lost Alsace and Lorraine in the Franco-Prussian War to the soon to be German state.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austrian heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie who was the Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip.
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This declaration of war on Serbia was made by Austria-Hungary after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie.
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Russia's mobilization of its troops after Serbia was attacked by Austria is one of the causes of WWI. Germany did not like this.
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Belgium was given an ultimatum by Germany--fight or be conquered. Belgium's army of 43,000 men were put on its borders. This all happened after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia mobilized its forces near the German border.
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The first battle of Marne started on September 5th and ended by September 12th. The Tranch Warfare soon became a thing after this battle
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The sinking of the lusitania happened when Germany wanted to have a war against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. A German U-boat was what sank the ship.
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This World War I siege stemmed from German General Erich von Falkenhayn's edict to elicit major bloodshed from the French defense of the fortress complex around Verdun.
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This battle was one of the battles that happened during the First World War. British and French armies were going against the German empire.
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This was a communication from Germany to Mexico that proposed a military alliance
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Czar Nicholas II is forced to abdicate, or renounce his position, by Petrograd insurgents.
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America helped its allies (Britain, France, and Russia) in World War I by joining the fight.
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The Russian Civil War teared Russia apart for three years. It occurred because many groups did not like Lenin's Bolsheviks. (Monarchists, militarists, and foreign nations). Together they were known as the Whites while Bolsheviks were known as the Reds.
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This is the second and last major phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917. In this revolution the Bolshevik Party seized power in Russia, this introduced the Soviet Regime. Technically, it started on November 7 and ended on November 8, but on the Julian calendar it begins on October 25 and ends on October 26, and is therefore referred to as the October revolution.
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President Woodrow Wilson proposed a fourteen point program in an attempt to gain world peace.
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World War I has just ended on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside of Compiegne, France.
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While Germany wanted an armistice and for Kaiser Wilhelm to renounce his position of power, or abdicate, he finally did both. His abdication was announced by Chancellor Prince Max von Baden.
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World War I officially ended after this treaty was signed by Germany and the Allied Powers.
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In 1912, Joseph Stalin was appointed to serve on the first Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party by Lenin, who was then in exile in Switzerland. After Lenin died, Stalin came to power.
