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The Assassination of Sarajevo
When Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, visited to Sarajevo. They were shot as they rode through the streets of Sarajevo. The killer was a member of the Black
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
A month after the assasination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary was convinced that the Serbian government had conspired against them, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. -
The Schlieffen Plan
The Schlieffen Plan was the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in response to international tension, had started to mobilize forces near the German border. -
First Battle of the Marne
The single most important event of the war. The defeat of the
Germans left the Schlieffen Plan in ruins. A quick victory in the west no longer seemed possible. In the east, Russian forces had already invaded Germany. Germany was going to have to fight a long war on two fronts. Realizing this, the German high command sent thousands of troops from France to aid its forces in the east. Meanwhile, the war on the Western Front settled into a stalemate. -
Battle of Limanowa
A battle between the Austro-Hungarian Army and Russian Army near the village of Limanowa (near Kraków). Austro-Hungarian Army repelled a Russian breakthrough southwestwards between Limanowa and Kraków. -
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
A type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules. -
Battle of Verdun
It was the longest and one of the most devastating battles in the First World War and the history of warfare. It was fought between the German and French armies, from 21 February to 18 December 1916, on hilly terrain north of the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. It ended with a French tactical victory. -
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Battle of Somme
It was the battle that symbolised the horrors of warfare in World War One; this one battle had a marked effect on overall casualty figures and seemed to epitomise the futility of trench warfare. To relieve the French, the Allied High Command decided to attack the Germans to the north of Verdun therefore requiring the Germans to move some of their men away from the Verdun battlefield thus relieving the French. -
Russian Revolution
It was a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Russian SFSR. -
Second Battle of the Marne
In what began as the last major German offensive of the First World War, the Second Battle of the Marne developed into a significant Allied victory. -
Armistice with Germany
The armistice between the Allies and Germany was an agreement that ended the fighting in the First World War. It marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not technically a surrender. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after WWI had ended in 1918 and in the shadow of the Russian Revolution and other events in Russia.