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Archduke Franz Ferdinand , the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was visiting Sarajevo where he was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist because Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia believed that they should belong to them and not Austria.
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Because of the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria declares war on Serbia
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Because of the Alliance between Germany and Austria and the Alliance between Russia and Serbia, Germany is backing up Austria and deciding to attack russia
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Woodrow WIlson proclaims that America will be neutral in the war,
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German soldiers recapture Mulhouse, a city in France near the borders of Sweden and Germany, causing the French soldiers to retreat to Belfort
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RMS Lusitania is attacked by German subs and is destroyed
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Because of the sinking of Sussex by the Germans, Wilson threatens to cut diplomatic ties with Germany. The Germans decide to call back the U-Boats
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Germans sinks the Housatonic, an American ship, President Wilson ends relations with Germany because
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Wilson delivers speech to Congress that the world needs to be safe for democracy, on April 2nd, 4 days later US declares war on Germany
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French soldiers refuse to listen to orders and advance in the battlefield, because of this many French soldiers were arrested and some where put infront of a firing squad to be used as an example
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The first battalion of American soldiers finally set foot in France
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Wilson starts an outline of a plan for peace, with the fourteen points as a base
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Russians signs a treaty with Germany formally ending their participation in the war, because of this they lose a quarter of their pre-war territory and more than half of their industries
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Americas 1st infantry division capture the village of Cantigy from the Germans. 650,000 US troops are in France, 10,000 join everyday
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Germany signs the Armistice which will start its effect at 11am of the 11th day of the 11th month
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New German assembly meets in Weimar and being to work on new Democratic constitution
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Germany signs treaty officially ending the war, many Germans are upset that the whole war was blamed on Germany
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The German Peace Treaty Protocol was signed today, making peace with Germany and ratifying the Allied powers
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Freikorps groups attempt but fail to overthrow Germany's democratic government during the Kapp Putsch.
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Hitler starts his rise to political power
