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Joseph Cailaux was the prime minister of France, the same time as the first world war. His wife was famous, and speaked about more often then him.
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Caillaux was forced out of office the following year, after he was accused of being too accommodating to Germany, he was also banished from France.
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Henriette Caillaux she shot and killed Gaston Calmette, editor of the newspaper Le Figaro, for publishing letters that Joseph had written to her, during the World War I
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About Information Website Link to History Channel website.The Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated on the 28th of June, a long with his wife Sophie. This is what sparked the entire world war.
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Mental Floss WebsiteHistory Channel WebsiteAustria-Hungary officilly declared war on Serbia, for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This started the beginning of World War 1
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Four Steps To War WebsiteHistory Learning Website
Germany declared war on Russia, because they wanted to honor their alliance with Austria-Hungary. -
History Hub Uslter WebsiteForces War Records Website Royal Navy cruiser HMS Amphion gets sunk by Germany's mines in the North Sea, which resulted in the death of 150 men, as well as the 1st British casualties of war.
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First World War.com Audio Link"The Independent" Website'Your King and Country Need You' slogan was published, which resulted in one of the most iconic WWI embellems. They were calling for the first 100,000 men to enlist for Kitchener's New Army, and got that many recruits in 2 weeks.
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First World War WebsiteHistory Channel Website This battle took place along the roads leading to the Channel ports in Belgian Flanders, the Belgian city of Ypres had been the scene of numerous battles since the sixteenth century.
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History WebsiteAt this time, the Turkish government set up a plan to kill all of the Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire, During this period, according to who you ask, there was about 2 million Armenians in the empire. By the time it ended, 1.5 million Armenians were dead.
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Shmoop WebsiteThe British entered their first tanks into the war on this date. Even though these tanks were useful at breaking through barbed wire and clearing a path for the infantry, they werent that great of a weapon.
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Shmoop WebsiteGermany limited the use of submarines in 1915, but then resumes the restricted submarine rule in 1917, which drew the United States more into the war.
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History WebsiteSpark Notes Wilson asked Congress to declare war, "making clear exactly how high he considered the stakes of the war to be. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance."
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About Website Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, which is a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers
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The war ends, many lives were lost, and lessons learned.
