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Assasination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Francis Ferdinand is assasinated by a Serbian Nationalist, and Austro-Hungary declares war on Serbia, Russia, and the Allied powers. -
Austro-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Austro-Hungary declares war on Serbia and begins WWI. -
Battle of the Marne
Proved to be the first major defeat for Germany as well as the downfall of the Schlieffen plan. -
Race to the sea
Both the German Army and the Grench army dug trenches, and trench warfare insued for the remainder of the war. -
The Lusitania is sunk
The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat, encouraging the U.S. to join the war effort. -
Germany resumes USW
Germany resumes USW, or unrestricted submarine warfare, attacking allied ships indescriminately. -
Russia leaves the war
Germany manages to take Russia out of the war in late 1917 to early 1918. This was put on paper with the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. -
"spring Offensive"
Germany launches its last major offensive in the war. -
Armistice ends the war
This signified that the war had finally come to an end between the Allied powers and the Central powers. -
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Final offensive which led to Germany's surrender