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World War I
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France taking territory and Italy losing power
France occupied Tunisia, Italy feared it was losing colonial balance of power with France. -
Triple Alliance
The Triple Alliance was the military alliance among Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy that lasted from 1882[1] until the start of World War I in 1914[2]. Each member promised mutual support in the event of an attack by any two other great powers, or for Germany and Italy, an attack by France alone. In a supplementary declaration, Italy specified that its undertakings could not be regarded as being directed against the United Kingdom. Shortly after renewing the Alliance in June 1902, Italy secr -
British taking and loosing territory
British took control of Egypt but lost the Sudan with the death of General Gordon at Khartoum. -
The Scramble for Africa
The Scramble for Africa at the Berlin Conference by 14 nations, called by Bismarck to maintain balance of power by imperialist nations, defining protectorates and spheres of influence. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II came to power
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Idustrial revolution in Germany
the output of the industrial revolution in Germany had overtaken the output of British factories -
Bismarck retire
Kaiser Wilhelm II made Bismarck retire because he wasn't able to restrain an increasingly divided Reichstag of socialists, Catholics, farmers, industrialists -
Franco-Russian Alliance
Franco-Russian Alliance formed by the France and Russia in response to the Triple Alliance and to Russia's need of French investment capital to build the Trans-Siberian Railway -
Italy reconquered Sudan
Kitchener reconquered the Sudan at Omdurman. -
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
Anglo-Japanese Alliance ended Britain's "splendid Isolation".was signed in London at what is now the Lansdowne Club, by Lord Lansdowne (British foreign secretary) and Hayashi Tadasu (Japanese minister in London). A diplomatic milestone for its ending of Britain's splendid isolation, the alliance was renewed and extended in scope twice. -
Entente Cordiale
Entente Cordiale was a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and the French Republic. Beyond the immediate concerns of colonial expansion addressed by the agreement, the signing of the Entente cordiale marked the end of almost a millennium of intermittent conflict between the two nations and their predecessor states, and the start of a peaceful co-existence that has continued to date. -
German constructed submarine
The first German submarine, or U-boat, is constructed in a programme to catch up with Britain and France in this area -
Triple Entente
Association between Britain, France, and Russia. It developed from the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894, the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale of 1904, and the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907. Formed to settle mutual colonial disputes, the alignment became the nucleus of the Allied Powers in World War I. -
Anglo-Russian entente
Anglo-Russian entente was a pact in which Britain and Russia settled their colonial disputes in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet. It delineated spheres of influence in Persia, stipulated that neither country would interfere in Tibet’s internal affairs, and recognized Britain’s influence over Afghanistan. The agreement led to the formation of the Triple Entente. -
The Balkan War
The Balkan Wars in 1912-1913 led to increased international tension between Russia and Austria as well as a strengthening of Serbia and a weakening of Turkey and Bulgaria which might otherwise have kept Serbia in check thus disrupting the balance of power in Europe in favor of Russia. -
Franz Ferdinand killed in Sarajevo
Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Gavrilo Princip, 19 at the time, a member of Young Bosnia and one of a group of assassins organized by the Black Hand.[4] The event led to a chain of events that eventually triggered World War I.
The couple had previously been attacked when a grenade was thrown at their car. Ferdinand deflected the grenade and it detonated far behind them. He is known to have shouted -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
"At 11:10 A.M. on July 28, 1914, Count Leopold von Berchtold, the Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, sent the following telegram from Vienna to M. N. Pashitch, Serbian Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs. This declaration of war was received at Nish at 12:30 P.M."
The Royal Serbian Government not having answered in a satisfactory manner the note of July 23, 1914, presented by the Austro-Hungarian Minister at Belgrade, the Imperial and -
German declaration of war
The conflict opened with the German invasion of Belgium, Luxembourg and France; the Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia and a Russian attack against Prussia. -
Russia suffers heavy deffeats
Russia suffers heavy defeats and a large shortage of supplies, including food and munitions, but holds onto Austrian Galicia -
German declares war on Russia
Germany, an ally of Austria-Hungary, declares war on Russia and demands the neutrality of Russia's ally France; France refuses and mobilized. -
Germany declares war on France
German troops invade Luxemburg very early.
France entered at four points.
Patrol kill French soldiers 10 km over frontier near Belfort.
Poland invaded by Germans, who occupy Kalish, Chenstokhov and Bendzin.
East Prussia entered by Russian raiders near Schwidden.
Libau bombarded by German light cruiser "Augsburg". German Note to Belgium, 7 p.m. alleging that Germany must violate her soil in order to "anticipate" the French attack in Belgium; demands that latter should remain passive; answer -
Britain declares war to Germany
Germany invades neutral Belgium, as per the Schlieffen plan to knock-put France; Britain responds by declaring war on Germany.
Britain begins a 'Distant Blockade' of Germany, cutting off vital resources; declarations continue throughout the month, with the British, French and Russian Empires on one side (the Entente Powers, or 'Allies'), and the German and Austro-Hungarian on the other (the Central Powers), until everyone is officially at war with their opponents. -
United States "neutral"
The United States issues a formal statement that it will remain neutral in the European wars. It proposes that the belligerents stand by international law which states that neutral seas are open seas, and that neutral shipping is thus protected. -
World War broke out
began with all sides planning assaults: Germany wanted to grind French manpower down through a war of attrition, forcing them to defend the symbolic Fortress of Verdun at horrific cost, while the Entente aimed to breakthrough on the Somme. In the East, the Germans planned to hold firm while different Russian armies planned attacks. Meanwhile, Romania enters the war as an Entente power. -
Rasputin was murdered
Rasputin helped to discredit the tsarist government, leading to the fall of the Romanov dynasty, in 1917. Contemporary opinions saw Rasputin variously as a saintly mystic, visionary, healer and prophet or, on the contrary, as a debauched religious charlatan. There has been much uncertainty over Rasputin's life and influence as accounts of his life have often been based on dubious memoirs, hearsay and legend. -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. In the first revolution of February 1917 (March in the Gregorian calendar), the Tsar was deposed and replaced by a Provisional government. In the second revolution, during October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik (Communist) government. -
Imperial Russia left war
Russia's badly organized and unsuccessful involvement in World War I (1914-1918) added to popular discontent with the government's corruption and inefficiency. In 1917 these events resulted in the fall of the czarist government and the establishment of the Bolshevik Party, a radical offshoot of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, as the ruling power. -
Usa enters War
When war began in 1914 U.S.A. wanted to stay neutral and not get involved in what they viewed as a European conflict. Later, in 1917 U.S.A did enter into World War 1 because of several events that occurred.
One of these events was in 1915 when the American's boat Lusitania sank and over 120 people were killed. Then the Sussex was sunk by a German U-boat. After this the American president,Teddy Roosevelt, wanted revenge.
On April 6 1917 war was called in U.S.A. with the permission of congress. -
Armistice
Germany and Austria Hungary admit defeat.The fighting in World War I ended when the Armistice took effect at 11:00 am GMT on November 11, 1919. In the aftermath of the war the political, cultural, and social order of the world was drastically changed in many places, even outside the areas directly involved in the war. New countries were formed, old ones were abolished, international organizations were established, and many new and old ideas took a firm hold in people's minds.
