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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
-Archduke Franz Ferdinand
-He was born in Graz, Austria, the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and of his second wife, Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies -
Triple Entente
- was the military alliance between Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy
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Die Westfront
- the Western Front consisted of a relatively static line of trench systems which stretched from the coast of the North Sea southwards to the Swiss border
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gallipoli Campaign
british, Austrailian, New Zealand, and French troops made repeated assault on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the Western side of the strait -
Trench Warefare
-occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches, in which troops are significantly protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery -
Subsidiary attack of Somme Offensive
-the Battle of Pozieres Ridge on the Albert-Bapaume road saw the Australians and British fight hard for an area that comprised a first rate observation post over the surrounding countryside, as well as the additional benefit of offering an alternative approach to the rear of the Thiepval defences -
unstricted submarine warefare
-germans announce that their submarine would sink without warning any ship around britain. -
German Actions
Germans pushed the U.S. closer to war. The British intercepted a telegram from Germany's Foreign secretary, Auther Zimmermann, to the German ambassador in Mexico. -
Germany and Russia
-signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended the war between them -
The Zimmermann Note
-President Wilson Asked Congress to Declare war.
-The U.S. entered the war on the side of the allies. -
Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich
-Lenin insisted on ending his Country's involvment in the war.
- one of his first acts was to offer Germany a Truce. -
The Allies And the Germans
-clashed at the Second Battle of the Marne. -
WWI came to an End
- After Four years of Slaughter and destruction, the time had come to forge a peace settlement.
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Treaty of Versailles
-signed on by Germany and the Allied powers at the Palace of Versailles