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He was the heir to the Austrian throne.
Serbians planned to assassinate him and his wife while they toured the city of Sarajevo. -
Became an example of Russian incompetence
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The entire Russian 2nd army was annihilated
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This stopped the German assault into France.
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Germans was halted.
Both sides dug trenches(Western front) -
British attempted a naval invasion to seize the Ottoman Capital of Istanbul.
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German U-boat killed hundreds of innocent people.
This tragic condition caused America to become in the war. -
British attempted to open a sea route to resupply Russia.
The British ultimately retreated -
The longest battle on the western front at 303 days
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The largest battle of WWI on the western front.
The bloodiest battle in human history. -
1+million soldiers dead.
FIRST battle to use TANKS. -
It turned into an attrition battle.
Both sides enduring horrific casualties. -
The sinking of the Lusitania was one reason they joined
The Zimmerman telegram was another reason they joined the war -
Ended the reign of Tsar Nicholas II.
Tsar's overthrow was caused by a lack of land for the peasants -
This put the Bolshevik(communist) party in power
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Germany agreed to peace in 1918.
It is an agreement to stop fighting.
11am of the 11hr of the 11th day of the 11 month -
The Germans had no chance to negotiate.
Had harsh terms imposed on them -
Wilson's hopes for a lasting peace rested on his Fourteenth Point.
Was intended to be a place where countries could work out their problems. -
Joseph Stalin took over as leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin's death in 1924.
Bolsheviks had won the civil war and set up Union of Soviet Socialist Repbulics.
