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Archduke Franz Ferdinand (of Austria) was assassinanted by a Siberian nationalist.
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Austria government blamed Serbian government fro the assassination and thus delcared war on Serbia.
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Germany (allied with Austria) declared war on Russia (allied with Serbia) because they saw their mobilization as a threat.. France and Belgium began to get ready for war.
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Germany invaded belgium. Britian (France allies) sent an an ultimatum to withdrawl, but Germany declined.
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After realizing the ultimatums weren't going to work, they send in 120,000 troops into France.
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G.B. and France delcare war on Austria-Hungary. Serbia was invaded by Austria-Hungary.
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Japanese prepared to assist Britain in expelling Germany.
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Austria 3rd attempt in conquering serbia. The attempt fails. Austria withdrew in mid-December.
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Germany stated every enemy found in the British Isles would be destroyed.
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First time Germany used chemical weapons on a large scale in WWI
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Italy left the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary, and joined Treaty of London= France, Russia, Italy, Britain. Why? So they could gain territory.
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German boat took down the British papssenger liner, Lusitania. President Wilson sent diplomatic protests to Germany.
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Russia created Central War Industries Committee to regulate and address the shortage of weapons.
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The largest ship sinks. The ship was serving as hospital during the war. 30 poeple killed, but more than 1000 were rescued.
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occured near the Egyptian Border with Palestine. Small victory for Britain
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A German foreign secretary confirms that the "Zimmermann Telegram" is genuine. In return, more support was generated for the US to delcar war on Germany.
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Not only were the Americans sending in troops, they were also sending in extra supplies to help with the shortage.
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The first troops arrive in France to join the war.
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Why? To gain land after the war.
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Lenin wanted to focus on builidng up a comminist state, and so he didn't want to be involved in the war anymore.
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Predsident Wilson delivereda speech that gave 14 points for world peace.
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500 soldiers hsopitialized within that week for severe flu-like symptoms.
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At the end of the war,the spanish flu sread world wide. During this year the disease has killed 50-100 million people.
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11th month 11th day 11th hour, everyone agreed to end the war
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Allied nations began to work issues out that were raised by the war and its aftermath
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Germany signed the treaty, officially ending its involvement in the war.
