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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip -
zimmerman note
lead to the zimmerman telegram -
austria hungary declares war on serbia
this was caused when Archduke Freanz Ferdinand was assassinated -
russia,france,and great britain go against germany and austria-hungary
this lead up to the first war fought with modern weapons -
british blockade of german ports begins
they layed down mines -
battle of tannenburg
engagement between russia and germany -
first battle of marne
one of the first battles in world war 1 -
allies defeat germany at the second battle of the marne
when france was beaten -
christmas truce
they set up truces during Christmas -
battle of gallipoli starts in turkey
trench warfare -
sinking of the lusitania
this ship was sunk by agerman u boat -
armenian genocide
destruction of the armenian population -
battle of the somme
battle between germany and france -
battle of verdun
major battle of the western front during world war 1 -
german policy of unrestricted submarine warfare
german u boats were sinking all of the us subs -
nutiny breaks out among french and german soldiers
22million french males were involved -
united states enters the war
united states enters the war -
bolshevik revolution
overthrow of the russian government -
russia withdraws from the war
russia withdrew from the war -
president wilsons fourteen point plan
plan wanting world peace -
spanish influenza
many people died fro this black plague -
armistice signed
official end of the war -
treaty of versailles
peace treaty at the end of world war 1 -
paris peace conferance begins
all the leaders in the world gather to negotiate problems -
trench warfare underway on the way of the western front
warfare at which most f the soldiers die
