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Otto von Bismarck led many battles to unifiy the German countries. This would prepare WWI because of the Arms Race and Alliance System starting from his actions.
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An alliance between Germany, Italy, and Austria - Hungary.
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It began to show the shift in power and caused Russian revolts prestaging the ones in 1917.
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An alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia.
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When Austria - Hungary claimed Bosnia, the Serbians were angered because they believed the land was their's. This caused tensions to grow higher.
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The event that triggered the war, because this made Austria - Hungray declare war on Serbia.
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The true beginning of the first World War. By declaring war on Serbia, Austria - Hungary also declared war on its ally: Russia.
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The Turks allied themselves with the Germans, because they had hostile relations with England, France, and Russia.
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A German plan to invade France going through Belgium. However it failled, because Belgium was given machine guns.
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Advancement for Germany. France got the land back after the war in 1919.
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The Japanese sent an ultimatum to the Germans. They wanted German ships to be removed from Japanese and Chinese waters. They also wanted Tsingtao back.
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The French and British fended off invading Germans in Belgium and northeastern France.
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A passenger ship heading to Britain that was sunk by Germans. Over 120 Americans were killed causing the US to enter the war.
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Lasted 10 months. It was completely pointless as both the French and German lost around half a million men, and no advancements on either sides were made.
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Germans began a naval warfare where they can use submarines to sink boats without warning. This was a cause for the American involvement in the war.
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A coded message for the Germans that promised Mexico land back if they attacked the US. The Mexicans refused and gave the message to the US. This was the last straw for America.
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Lenin and the Bolsheviks take command and create the Soviet Union.
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US is outraged by Germany's actions and decides to enter the war.
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The Bolsheviks took over Russia, creating the Soviet Union. They sign the Treaty of Brest - Litovsk with Germany and ended the war in the East.
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Leader of the Bolsheviks. Took over Russia and signed a treaty with Germany to exit the war.
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The United States' Wilson proposed these points as a way of stabilizing Europe after war.
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Russia signs this treaty with Germany, ending the war in the East.
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The British and French vs. Germans. It lasted 6 months. While the Allies won, they only gained a 5 mile advancement. Around 1 million were killed.
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Caused by revolutions back in Germany, showing that they were going to lose the war.
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(Unknown day) Austria - Hungary was dissolved by the victora after the war, and the countries could never form an empire again.
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This is the offical end to WWII.
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Germany had to pay reparations $33 billion US for the damages of WWI.
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(Unknown month and day) After the death of Lenin, Stalin took over and began a process of rebuilding and reunifying Russia.
