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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
On the 28 of June,1914,a Bosnian serbian nationalist assassinated the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife.
Austria sent an ultimatum to Serbia saying that it must allow Austria to investigate the assassination.Also,Serbia must withdraw all its terrorist groups from Austria. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
After Vienna sent the ultimatum to Serbia,Belgrade rejected it.
Because of this event,on the 28 of July of 1914,the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia.
After this,Russia movilised its troops and Germany declared war on Russia. -
German troops enter Belgium
After Germany declared war on Russia,it decided to invade France before Russia attacked
from the East Front.
In the process of getting to France,it invaded Belgium,so Great Britain entered the conflict against Germany. -
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
Trentino,Istria and Dalmatia were italian territories that were under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
With the purpose of recovering this territories,Italy entered in the conflict and declared war on Austria-Hungary the 24 of May,1915. -
United States declares war on Germany
Germany started to make submarine attacks,and they destroyed many neutral ships in the United States.Because of this,the United States decided to enter the war and declared war on Germany the 6 of April,1917. -
Bolshevik storm the Winter Palace
In the October revolution of Russia,wich actually happened in November of the Gregorian Calendar,Lenin led the storm of the Winter Palace.
With this,the poor society of Tsar Nicholas II,turned into a Socialist Federal Republic. -
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
After the armistice,Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.
It allowed Russia to leave the war,but Russia had to give some of its territories to Germany.
It was signed outside of Paris. -
Russia signs armistice with Germany
Because of some revolutions happening in Russia,it decided to sign an armistice with Germany,so that Russia could withdraw from the war peacefully and stop being part of this conflict. -
Armistice
In autumn,1918,Germany gave up the war for lost,and the 11 of November,Germany signed an armistice in France.
This was the end of World War I.
The winners imposed terms of peace that transformed Europe. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
The Treaty of Versaille was signed by Germany,France,the United Kingdom,the United States and Italy.
In it,it was said that Germany had to pay the reparations of the war and had to give some of its territories to the winner countries.