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Period: to
Cauese of World War One
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France declares war with Prussia
-Prussia defeated Denmark and Austria in 1864 and 1866
-Napolean III declared war on Prussia when the tension caused by the pass-on of Spain throne exploded among Germany and France.
-French mobilized troops on their western border, 220000 soldiers were ready for deployment in campaign, that aimed to capture Frankfurt, in order to force the Germans to surrender.
-Prussia, in return, gets support from other German states and fights back -
Napolean III's surrender in Sedan
Napolean III himself ordered French forces in Sedan to raise the white flag, causing capture of 103,000 men including himself. -
Siege of Paris
Prussian Third Army surrounds the city.French remaining forces fled from Sedan plus national guards defends the city. Prussian general Moltke ordered a blockade to Paris -
Fall of Paris
Paris fell into German control, German army marches through the city. -
German unification
German Emperor Wilhelm I delcared unification of Germany after the southern states and free city joined Prussia. He declared it in Palace Versailles' mirror hall. -
Dual Alliance formed
Germany signed treaty to let Austrio-Hungary to be its ally -
DreiKaisersbund (Three Emperors pact)
Leaders of Germany, Austrio-Hungary and Russia signed the Dreikaisersbund that keep the countries neutural when one of them were attacked. -
Triple alliance formed
Alliance between Germany, Austrio-Hungary and Italy formed to go against France. -
Wilhelm II throned
new Kaiser Wilhelm II takes over Germany's lead as his father and brother passes away. -
Bismarck out of office
Bismarck, the German Chancellor was being replaced by Leo von Caprivi. This represents the end of foreign policy that mainly aimed to isolate France -
Franco-Russian Alliance
France and Russia formed alliance -
Franco Italian agreement
Starting as early as 1896, French and Italian leaders sought to defuse the tensions between their two nations that inspired Italy to seek friendship with Germany and Austria-Hungary inside the Triple Alliance. This process started with Italian recognition of the French occupation of Tunis. Then, in 1900 and 1902, France and Italy reach a series of agreements concerning the Mediterranean. France recognized Italy's claim to Tripolitania,Italy reciprocated by recognizing France's right to Morocco -
Russo-Japanese war
the two countries fought over occupation of north eastern China territories, Russians lost the war. -
Entente Cordial
Unofficial agreement between France and Britain -
(Agadir) crisis
Germany attacked port Agadir in French Morocco in order to help Morocco independence. French fought back and was supported by Britain -
Anglo-Russian pact
British government signed treaty with Russians, promising to help if either country was attacked -
Russian-Italian agreement
The two countries made an agreement on lending assisstance when either country was attacked -
First Balkan conflict
Austro-Hungarian forces invaded Bosnia -
Second Agadir Crisis
Agadir was occupied by a German gunboat Panther. They demanded congo but failed -
Fnraz Ferdinand Assasinated
He was assasinated by a Bosnian student in sarajevo -
Germany conducted The Schlieffen plan
