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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie paid a visit to Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia. The couple was shot at a point blank range as they rode down the streets of Sarajevo in an open car, -
Serbia and Austria
Austria rejected Serbia's offer and declared war, on that same day Serbia's ally, and Russia took action and the Russian leaders ordered the mobilization of troops toward the Austrian border. -
Britain
Outraged over the violation of Belgian neutrality, Britain declared war on Germany. -
The Allies
The allies attacked the Germans northeast of Paris.
First Battle -
Trench Warfare
The opposing armies on the Western Front had dug miles of the parallel trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire while the set of the stage for what became known as trench warfare. -
The First Battle of Marne
The Germans had been driving back nearly 60 miles even though the first major clash on the Western Front and The First Battle of Marne was being the single most important event of the war. -
Battle
Battle of Rohdun -
The Germans
The slaughter reached a peak, The Germans lauched a massive attack against the French near Verdun. -
The British
The British army tried to relieve the pressure on the French but the British forces attacked the Germans northwest of Verdun. -
The United States Enters the War
The United States Enters the War. In 1917 focus of the war shifted to the high seas. that year the Germans intestified the submarine warfare that had raged in the Atlantic Ocean. -
United States War
The United States Enters war, the focus of the war shifted to the high seas. Also that same year the Germans intensified the submarine warfare that had raged in the Atlantic Ocean. -
The Germans
The Germans returned to unrestricted submarine war fare. They might lead to war with the United States and they also gambled their naval. -
Russia
Russia withdrawl from the war that last allowed Germany to send nearly all their forces to its Western Front. -
The Allies and the Germans
The Germans and the Allies clashed at the Second Battle of the Marne. Leading the Allies who were attacked were 350 tanks that rumbled slowly forward smashing the German lines. -
World War 1
World War 1 came to an end after four years of being slaughter and destruction. -
Germany
The Western powers signed seperate peace treaties in 1919 and 1920 with each of the defeated nations of Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria and Ottoman Empire.