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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Fernandez and his wife Sophia got killed by a terrist group called the black hand. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
The assassanation of Fernandez caused the Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia. Which started the Great War. -
Germany invades Belgium
Germany invaded Belgium to out flank the french army. -
Battle of Tannenburg
The Russian army undergoes a heavy defeat ny the Germans. -
Japan declares war on Germany
Japan issued Germany an ultimatum demanding that the German fleet be withdrawn from the Far East and that Kiaochow be surrendered within the week. When no answer was forthcoming, it declared war on Germany. -
First Battle of the Marne
The German advanced on Paris. It halted, making the failure of the schlieffen plan. -
Austro-German attacks on westeren Poland
Austrians invade southeren Russian Poland and aim for Lublin -
Battle of the Falkland Islands
was a British naval victory over the Imperial German Navy -
Britian announces blockade og German ports
British commerce so extensive and sustained that any neutral ship seeking access to a port of the British Isles would be exposed to great danger -
Sinking of the Lusitania
It was torpedoed by the German U boat and sunk in 18 minutes. -
Battle of Verdun
It was one of the major battles during the first world war on the western front. It was fought between the german and french armies. -
Battle of the Jutland
A battle between Britains grand fleet and Germany's hochseeflotte. Britain's dominance of the north sea maintaned. -
Battle of the Somme
It is remembered as the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army when 57,470 men became casualties, of whom 19,240 were killed or died of wounds. -
Germany renounces submarine policy
regretted the possibility of war with the U.S. but stated that if such a war was occasioned by Germany's renewal of a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, Britain should be assigned responsibility. -
US declares War on Germany
They declared war because of the dangers of the german u boats. -
USSR withdraws from war
shortage of supplies and food and the trouble of their own country -
German Spring offensive of 1918
Was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during World War 1. -
World War 1 Ends
