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The assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot to death in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip,The purpodse of the assaniation was to break off Austria-Hungary's south-Slav provinces .The assassins' motives were consistent with the movement that later became known as Young Bosnia. -
First Battle of Ypres
It is also called the first battle of Flanders. It was the first battle fought for the strategic town of Ypres in western Belgium.
It was the last series of battle that broke out between Brtish and Germans during the race to the sea. -
Japan's makes 21 demands on China
It was the twenty one demands made by the empire of Japan under Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu sent to the nominial government of republic of China. It was broken down into five major groups each with the purpose of making china more subservien to Japan. -
Second Battle of Ypres
The Second Battle of Ypres was the first time Germany utilized poison gas on a large scale on the Western Front in the First World War and the first time a former colonial force (Canadians) pushed back a major European power (Germans) on European soil, which occurred in the battle of St. Julien-Kitcheners' Wood.It of onsisted of four separate engagements. -
Start of the Battle of Verdun
It was fought between the German and the French armies. It is considered as the greated and the lengthiest war in the world history. The battle lasted it from from 21 February 1916 until 19 December 1916. It caused over an estimated 700,000 deaths. -
Battle of Somme
It is also known as the Somme Offensive. It took place during the First World War between 1 July and 18 November. It was planned as a joint French and British operatio.It was one of the largest battles of the First World War. -
USA declared war on Germany
U.S president Woodrow Wilson declared the war against germany in the speech to the joint houses of congress on 2nd april folllwed by formal declaration of the war four days later. The war helped the USA economy with exported goods to Allied countries increasing from $825 in 1914 to $3.2 billion in 1916. -
Battle of Passchendaele
It was one of the major battles of the First World War.It took place between July and November 1917. It was the third major battle of Ypres. It was fought to control village of Passchendaele.The objective of the offensive was to achieve a breakthrough, outflanking the German Army’s defences, and forcing Germany to withdraw from the Channel Ports. -
Battle of Caporetto
It is one of the more decisive battles of World War One.It took place from octobe 24 to 19th november 1919 near the town of Kobarid (now in Slovenia), on the Austro-Italian front.he battle was named after the Italian name of the town of Kobarid. -
End of world war 1
It changed the map of the Europe so dramatically. Germany lost 15.1% of its active male population, Austria–Hungary lost 17.1%, and France lost 10.5%.About 750,000 German civilians died from starvation caused by the British blockade during the war.
