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South African Troops crushed a pro-German rebellion.
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Death of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire by the Serbian Nationalist, Nedjelko Cabrinovic, sparked WWI between the tenacious countries.
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After the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the countries decided to finally declare war on each other.
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After Germany declared war on France, they invaded Belgium using their prepared war plan, The Schlieffen Plan.
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In response to the Schlieffen Plan, Britian declared war. When the Germans invaded Belgium's ports and then attacked France through Belgium, the British saw this as a threat and declared war.
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Germany invades Belgium.
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Poland entered the war as an allie with Germany. Trench warfare started to dominate the western front.
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A British sea liner was on the sea when a German U boat shot a missile at the ship killing 128 Americans Citizens.
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Italy entered the war on the side of the allies.
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The women of Petrograd, Russia protested the streets when they started getting bread rations when the government was not. Russian troops started shooting at the crowd to calm the riot.
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After the sinking of the Lusitania Ship (killing 128 US citizens), Americans were furious against the German so they declared war.
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Workers from China that got recruited by the British to do non-combat roles.
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A peace treaty was signed in Brest-Litovsk for Russia to officially exit WWI.
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The start of the collapse of the German army began when allied troops attacked the Germans’ large Marne salient.
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This was a peace treaty signed between the allied powers and Germany to end the war.