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The Assasination on Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was important because it started the chain of events leading to the war. -
Division and declararion of war
Europe was divided into two rival camps - The Triple Entente included Great Britain, France, and Russia. The Triple Alliance included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Austria declares war on Serbia The alliances were important to the war because it determines how a country attacks another and the factors, like the use of materials, the number of soldiers, etc. -
Germany declares war, uses Schlieffen Plan
Germany declares war on Russia. Two days after, Germany declares war on France, making much of Europe being in battle state. Germany uses its Schlieffen Plan which is the plan of attacking France and then Russia because Russia had slower transportation systems. This was important to the war because attack priorities will have an affect on results on which side would be stronger. -
Russian defeats Germany (Eastern Front)
Russian forces had defeated Germany twice from the Northeast of Paris. Germany was going to have to fight a long war on two fronts, so they sent thousands of troops from France to aid its forces on the east. This is important because it had stopped Germany from continuing on at that time. -
The First Battle of the Marne
Northeast of Paris, in the valley of the Marne river, the first major clash on the Western Front had occured and every available soldier was thrown into the struggle.
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Gallipoli Campaign & Trench Warfare
The method shows soldieres fighting from trenches, which includes living in muddy areas, and getting little food and rest. It does not guaratee safety from gun fires, either. The Wastern Front had become a "terrain of death". -
Battle of Verdun
A western victory wasn't possible - the Germans were defeated. Russian forces had invaded Germany. Because of this, Germany sent troops from France to aid theirs on the east. -
Battle of Somme
British forces tried to relieve the pressure on France that were being atacked by Germans by attacking the Germans northwest of Verdun, France.
The Battle of Somme ended in November 1916. This battle was essential to the war because it was a major conflict between Russia, France, and Germany that caused over a million casualties altogether. -
(Unrestricted Submarine Warfare)
War shifts to sea. Severe food shortages became common in Germany and unrestricted submarine warfare started. This was when Germans sank ships around Britain without warning, causing hundreds of casualties. -
US enters war
The US president Wilson asked congress who declared war and fought alongside the Allied (France, Great Britain, Russia). -
Russian Revolution
Russian communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power. His intentions were to stop the war, so he made a treaty. -
Alliance of Germany & Russia
Germany and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended the war between them. The treaty was hard on Russia - it required their government to surrender lands to Germany that now consists of 6 countries. -
Second Battle of Marne
The Allies and Germans clashed at the Second Battle of the Marne with aid of 2 million of the US' troops. -
End of War - Armistice
An armistice, an agreement was signed in a forest near Paris to stop fighting. On November 11, World War I came to an end. This needed to be made so that the Great War would come to an end. -
Treaty of Versailles
This solution to the arguments between nations' leaders was reached so that countries would solidly continue in peace without any more war. The Treaty of Versailles was signed between Germany and the Allied powers.