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The canal was finally opened. The cost was $366 million and about 6000 people died.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassined by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand.
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Austria-Huntary with the help Germany declared war on Serbia.
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Belgium was neutral and was protected by treaty with Great Britain. The Germans attacked on August 3rd. The next day, Great Britain declared war on Germany.
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Japan demanded German fleet to be withdrawn fron the Far East. Germany didnt do so, thats why Japan declared war.
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Occured August 23-30, 1914 between the Russian Empire and the German Empire. This resulted in almost a complete destruction of the Russian Second Army.
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The First Battle of the Marne was September 6-12, 1914. The outcome was bringing an end to the war of movement that had dominated the First World War since the beginning of August.
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This act expanded the governments power to act against anti-trust violations.
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This was Germans first air raids against London.
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The Lusitania sand in a total of only eleven minutes. It killed 1198 out of 1959 passangers. This made the Americans strongly dislike the Germans.
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Germans ended offensive against Russians by capturing Vilna.
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This battle occured February 21- December 18 between Germany and France. There were a quarter of a million deaths.
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The Battle of Jutland occured in the North Sea. It was the largest naval battle of World War 1.
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This event occured between July 1 and November 18 1916. The British and French were fighting against the German Army. It was one of the largest battles of World War 1.
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The U.S. did not want to join the fight. However, they felt they needed to because they had to ensure repayments of debts to the U.S. and to prevent the Germans from threatening their shipping.
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, a peace treaty, marked the withdrawl of Russia from World War 1.
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THe Spring Offensive was a series of German attacks March 21-July 18, 1918.
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Over 9 million people were killed. It ended because Germans ceased fire.
