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Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars were two sharp conflics that heralded the onset of WWI. The first war was when a loose alliance of teh Balkan States eliminated the ottoman Empire from most of Europe. The second war the eastern allies fought among themselves for the ottoman spolis -
World War I begins
It begins in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Fredinand and lasted until 1918. In the conflict were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire fought (Central powers). They fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (Allied Powers). -
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital. The assassination set of a rapid chain of events, as the people of Austria-Hungary quickly blamed the Serbian government for the attack. -
Lusitania sinks
During the first world war as Germany waged underwater warfare against the United Kingdom. The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred. A German U-boat shot a torpedo which made it sink killing 1,200 people and 94 children. It later sank off the southern coast of Ireland. -
Zimmermann Note
The telegram was deciphered by British in January 1917 the Zimmermann Note made the ambassador Count Johann von Bernstorff to offer significant financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any future U.S-German conflict. -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was when politcal and social revolution across the Russian Empire. They were lead by Vladimir Lenin and groups of revolutionaries (Bolsheviks).The new goverment had created the country of the Soviet Union. -
U.S. enters war
The U.S joined its allies-Britain, France and the Russian to fight In WWI Under the command of Major General John J.Pershing. More than 2 Million solders fought the war. Why they entered the war was because Britain decleared on the 31st of Janutary 1917 to target neutral shipping. -
Battles: Argonne, Chateau-Thierry, Gallipoli, Somme, Verdun
These were the main battles of WWI. Argonne was a major part of the final Allied offensive of WWI. Chateau-Thierry was a war on May 31, 1918, which was the first action of American expeditionary forces. The Gallipoli cost the Allies 187,959 killed 161k Turks. The battle of Verdun was fought from Feb 21st to Dec 18th. It was the longest in the war. -
Russia withdraws from war
The treaty of Brest-Liovsk (breast peace in Russia) was a peace treaty. It was signed on March 3 1918 between the new Bloshevik goverment of Russia and the Central Powers. Russia showed withdraw after the October revolution of 1917. -
Armistice
Armistice Day is commemorated every year of November 11 to mark the armistice signed. It was between the allies of the world war 1 and Germany. Germany asked Allies for it because rather surrender, they surrender since they knew they could not win the war. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
Treaty of Versailles was the primary treaty that was produced by the Paris peace conference at the end of world war. It was signed off on June 28, 1919, by allied and associated powers and also by the Germans in the halls of mirrors in the palace of Versailles. -
First meeting of the League of Nations
The league held their first meeting in Paris on January 16, 1920, Six day after, the treaty and the covenant of the league of nations came to force. The league has ir orgins in the Fourteen points speech of Presdent Woodrow Wilson, part of a presentation given in January 1918 outlining of his ideas.
