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Period: to
pams timespan
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founding of the triple alliance(central powers)
germany austria hungary and ottoman empire(bad guys)
-good vs. evil -
founding of the triple entente
britian
france
russia -
assasination of archduke of ferdinand
serbia wanted to combine with other serbs on the peninsula.
-russia supported this
-to stop serbia austria - hungary annexed bosnia and her zegovina. -
1st battle of the marne
statement, ruined schlieffen plan
forced germany to fight two front war -
sinking of the lusitania
british passengers ship carrying weapons. or 128 citizens
-warned germans to stop , but they continued sinking ships -
battle of verdun
it was between france and german empire
-france won
-their were 306,000 deaths -
treaty of brest-litovsk
it was betweeen rusia and germany
-it allowed russia to leave world war 1 early. -
2nd battle of marne
allie win thanks to 2 million us troops and 350 tanks
-germany too weak from a long war. -
armistice ends world war 1
agreement that ended the fighting in the First World War -
usa declares war on germany
led by adolf hitler and benito mussoloni
-declared war on the us