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Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Ferdinand was invited to the Capital of Bosnia. Sarajevo when he was going through town a member of the terrorist group through a grenade at the arch duke but the driver saw the flying object and sped up enough and the archduke and his wife survived. on the way back to the hotel the driver took a wrong turn and on that street was Gavrilo Princip another member of the group who pulled out this pistol and shot the archduke and his wife Sophie and killed them both. -
Germany Invades Belgium
Germany declared war on France and to avoid the French bases along the French-German border the troops had to cross Belgium and attack the French. Which brought Great Britain into the war because Belgium and Great Britain had an alliance that Germany did not know about. -
Battle of Tannersburg
In total over 50,000 Russian soldiers were killed and some 92,000 taken as prisoners at the battle and was a major loss for the Russians -
Sinking of the Lusitania
German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned luxury steamship Lusitania, killing 1,128 people including 128 Americans. The disaster immediately strained relations between Germany and the neutral United States. the Germans did this even after the United States warned them that actions would be taken if a United States boat or citizens of the US died. -
Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 the longest battle of the war was fought on the western front between the German and French armies. Lasting 6 months and being the bloodiest battle of the whole was with the end fatalities being 600,000 total -
The Zimmerman Telegram
British code breakers intercepted an encrypted message from Zimmermann intended for Heinrich von Eckardt, the German ambassador in Mexico telling him if the United States joined the side of the Allies to go to the Mexican president and promise them some of their land back if they joined their side to fight the United States -
United States Enters World War One
Many events have lead to the United States joining the war and they joined the side of the Allies -
Russia Leaves the War
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed by Russia and the central powers taking Russia out of the war because of an internal revolution. which meant that the Germans would send all their army to the Western front to help defeat the French and British. -
Battle of Saint-Mihiel
The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a major battle fought involving the American Expeditionary Force and 110,000 French troops leading to an allied victory -
World War One Ends
At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 World War One ends. The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives.
