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Nicholas is crowned Czar of russia. Also Germany and Russia did not renew their friendship treaty. This cause the two countries to dispise each other.
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The number killed is uncertain but the Tsar's officials recorded 96 dead and 333 injured. The government claimed more than 4,000 dead. Estimates still average around 1,000 killed or wounded, both from shots and trampled during the panic.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife are assassinated in Sarajevo.
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Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Being that serbia is an ally of their's , Russia rallys up their forces and joins their fight.
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Aug 1st- Germany mobilizes her armed forces and declares war on Russia.
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27,000 French soldiers die on this single day in an offensive thrust to the east of Paris, towards the German borders.
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German army, led by Erich Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg achieves its greatest victory of the war on the Eastern front against Russia at the Battle of Tennenberg.
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The first battle put Germans invasions on France to a halt.
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the first trenches of the western front are dug
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Unofficial Christmas Truce declared by soldiers in the trenches along the Western Front.
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War becomes "Total War" with German Zeppelin air raid on England
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British use gas in battle near Loos, but shifting winds cause 60,000 British casualties.
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The longest battle of the war, the Battle of Verdun, is fought to a draw with an estimated one million casualties.
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This battle had results in an estimated one million casualties and no breakthrough for the Allies. British introduce the tank, an effective weapon but didnt make much of a difference.
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Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates.
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President Wilson asks congress for permission or to declare war with Germany
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The Lenin led Bolsheviks Socialist overthrew Kerensky's government
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Former Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, children, and members of his entourage are murdered by the Bolsheviks
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At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the war ends as Germany and Allies sign an Armistice.
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Two waves of influenza kill more people than did the war.
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Peace Treaty signed by German delegates and Allies in Versailles. The Germans had to:
-Back land to France , Belgium, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Demark.
- Lower military strength to 10,000 men and they couldnt have any tanks
- And had to pay 5 billion dollars which led to their Great Depression
Because of this action of this treaty , most germans wanted to fight more.
