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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This event set off a chain reaction within the alliance system that started WWI. -
Austria declares war with Serbia
That also caused Russia, Serbia's ally, to take action. Russian leaders orderes their military toward the Austrian border. -
Germany's Schlieffen plan
A large part of the German army would race west, to
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First battle of the Marne
This battle hurled every availible soldier into combat,the Britains chased the Germans back 60 miles. -
Battle of Liminowa
Russia faught better than the Austrians. Russia defeated the Austrians twice in September 1914, driving them deep into Austria. Not until December did the Austrians manage to fight back. In a 17-day battle near Liminowa, Austria defeated the Russians and drove them Eastward. -
Battle at Gallipoli
This battle was caused by the Allies wanting to take constinople, defeat the Turks, and establish a supply line to Russia. The Allies failed at this attempt, and the battle ended leaving 250,000 casualties. -
French and germans battle at Verdun
The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest single battle of WWI. The casualties from Verdun and the impact the battle had on the French Army was a main reason for the British starting the Battle of the Somme -
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Battle on the Western front
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Unrestricted submarine warfare
This was important to the war because the Germans announced that their submarines would sink without warning any ship in the wters around Britain. A German submrine sank a British passanger boat ship leaving 1,198 people dead, including 128 U.S. citizens. -
United States enters war
The United States joins the war because of the Zimmeran note, this note was from Germany to Mexico. Stating that if mexico joined the Germans, Germany would give back the land Germany was going to take from the U.S. So when the United States joined the war, they joined on the Allied side. -
Leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power
Lenin insisted on ending his country's involvment in the war, he offered Germany a truce. And in March 1918, Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended the war between them. -
Second battle of the Marne
The Allied Powers advanced on the Germans casuing the central powers to begin to crumble. First the Bulgarians then the Ottoman Turks surrendered. -
Allies defeat Central Powers, war ends
The public turned on the German ruler, Kaiser Wilhekm II, he was forced to step down and Germany Declared itself a repyblic, ending the war. -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles was important to the war because it was the treaty that formaly brought the war to an end.