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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Ferdinand was the heir to the Austrian throne.
A group of Serbians planned the assassination. -
Battle of Tannenberg-start
It was a conflict between Germany and Russia.
The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army. -
Battle of Tannenberg-end
Over 50,000 Russian soldiers were killed and some 92,000 taken as prisoners in the Battle of Tannenberg.
It ended in a German victory over the Russians -
Battle of the Marne-start
This was a conflict that was between France and Britain vs Germany.
The battle stopped Germany assault on France. -
Battle of the Marne-end
By the end of August 1914, the whole Allied army on the Western Front had been forced into a general retreat back towards Paris.
It resulted in an Allied victory against the German armies in the west. -
Battle of Gallipoli-start
A battle that took place between Britain and Ottoman Empire.
The British attempted to take Istanbul and open a sea route to resupply Russia. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany.
The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 minutes. -
Battle of Gallipoli-end
he Gallipoli Campaign cost the Allies 141,113 killed and wounded and the Turks 195,000.
Gallipoli proved to be the Turks' greatest victory of the war. -
Battle of Verdun-start
This was a battle of Germany vs France.
This was the longest battle on the western front -
Battle of the Somme-start
A battle of Britain and France vs Germany.
Largest battle of the western front. -
Battle of the Somme-end
The aims of the battle were to relieve the French Army fighting at Verdun and to weaken the German Army.
There's really no decisive winner of the Battle of the Somme. -
Battle of Verdun-end
British starting the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 in an effort to take German pressure off of the French at Verdun.
Verdun was the occasion when the Imperial German army came close to a decisive victory on the western front. -
Interception of the Zimmermann telegram
he message was sent to the German ambassador to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckardt.
The message told Mexico to attack the U.S. -
March Russian Revolution
In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was toppled and all power was given to the soviets.
The February Revolution (March 1917) was a revolution focused around Petrograd the capital of Russia at that time. -
US joins WWI
The U.S. joined its allies Britain, France, and Russia to fight in World War I.
Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. -
November Russian Revolution
Russia's Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government. The provisional government came to power after the February Revolution resulted in the Russian monarchy being overthrown in March 1917 -
Signing of the Armistice
fighting in World War I came to an end following the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany.
cessation of hostilities as a prelude to peace negotiations. In the context of the First World War. -
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
formally ending the first world war.
Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. -
Creation of the League of Nations
created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
The U.S. did not join the league of nations. -
Creation of the USSR
The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR officially created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
t de jure legalised a union of several Soviet republics that had existed since 1919 and created a new centralised federal government where key functions were centralised in Moscow.
