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Founding of the Triple Entente
The Triple Entente was the name given to the alliance among Great Britain, France and Russia after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907. -
Founding of the Triple Alliance (Cetral Powers)
The Central Powers consisted of the German Empire the Austro-Hungarian Empire the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria. The name Central Powers is derived from the location of these countries all four were located between the Russian Empire in the east and France. -
Assassination of Archduke Ferinand
On 28 June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip one of a group of six Bosnian Serb assassins coordinated by Danilo Ilić. -
First Battle of the Marne
was a First World War battle fought between 5 and 12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army under Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Younger. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Lusitania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank Scotland which entered service with the Cunard Line on 26 August 1907. -
Battle of Verdun
was one of the major battles during the first World War on the Western Front and It was fought between the German and French armies. -
2nd Battle of the Marne
The germans attcacks fail and when the Allied counterback led by French and American forces overwhelmed the Germans. -
Armistice ends World War 1
The armistice between the Allies and Germany an agreement that ended the fighting in the First World War. It was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918. -
Treaty of Brest-Listovsk
Between Germany and russia and it allowed russia to leave or quit World war 1 early. -
USA declares war on Germany
The United States has formally declared war against foreign nations five separate times, each upon prior request by the president of the United States. Four of those five declarations came after hostilities had begun