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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand traveled to Serbian to inspect the armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but after a while him and his wife would be driving around greeting everyone before he became king of Austria-Hungary then a terrorist group named "The Black Hand" would try and throw a bomb in his car, luckily they missed. That day they went back to check on the wounded and turned on the wrong street which would then lead them to one of the terrorist that would then kill both. -
Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. This will then be the start of WW1. -
Belgium got Invaded
Germany invades Belgium, which was a neutral country in WW1. The reason why was to push back Britain to ally with France, Russia and Serbia. -
The Battle of Tannenberg
A battle that happened in the eastern front between Russia and Germany. Russia invaded east Prussia but were then halted by Austrian Forces. -
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The First Battle of Ypres
The battle of Ypres was an attempt to break through Allied lines and capture French Ports on the English Channel to gain access to the north sea and beyond that. During the war neither side gained any ground from one another and all lost a big amount of soldiers counting 54,000 British, 50,000 French, and 20,000 Belgian soldiers killed, wounded, or missing, and German casualties numbering more than 130,000. -
Ottoman Empire Joins WW1
Due to a statement that was made in Europe, the allies tried to score a victory against the Ottoman Empire which resulted in join the central powers. Now that the Ottoman Empire has joined Germany and Austria Forces has more soldiers and another ally to fight with. -
The Lusitania Sinks
The Lusitania was a British ship that was traveling from New York to Liverpool, England when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat ship and sank causing the British and England to lose resources and then cause the Americans to turn against Germany. -
The First Battle of Isonzo
The battle took place shortly after Italy joined the Allied Forces, the battle then took place at the Italian front between Italy and Austria-Hungary. -
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Battle of Erzurum
The battle of Erzurum was an major winter offensive by the imperial Russia army on the Caucasus campaign, during World War 1 which would then lead Russia to strategically take over city of Erzurum. -
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The Battle of Trebizond
The battle of Trebizoned was a series of successful Russian naval and land operations that resulted in the capture of Trebizoned. -
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The Battle of Verdun
The battle of Verdun would be the longest battle in WW1 that costed millions of lives. The battle was between French and Germany which lasted 10 months in which the French would win the war. -
The Battle of Jutland
The battle of Jutland was the biggest naval engagement on World War I. It was fought between Britain and Germany when Germany attempted to break the blocked. After Germany would no long try and attempt knowing how strong the Allied naval forces were. -
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The Battle of Somme
The battle of Somme was another long battle against the Germans and French on the Western Front. Which would result in French winning the battle of Somme after five months after German retreated. -
The United States Joined WW1
On April 6th, 1917 President Woodrow Wilson asked congress to declare war on Germany after four Americans ships were sunk by Germany in the month of March. Which would lead the U.S to fight against Germany and Austria-Hungary. -
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Battle of Caporetto
The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the central powers, which then took place on Kobarid, Matajur and Soca. On October 19th, 1917 German and Austria-Hungary army forces scored one of the most crushing victory of world war one by causing more than 600,000 war-weary Italian soldiers either deserted or surrendered. -
World War 1 Ends
On November 11, 1918 Germany and their allies surrendered which lead the treaty of Versailles to be signed by all nations which officially ended World War One.