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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On June 28th, 1914 Ferdinand and his wife were traveling through Sarajevo to the town hall. Several assassins were along that route too. Ferdinands Chauffer took a wrong turn when the assassin Gavrilo Princip a Bosnian Serb happened to be right next to them. He took this opportunity and began to fire at Archduke and his wife. This was the start of a wicked war. -
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Battle of Tannenburg
The Battle of Tannenburg was fought between the Russians and the Germans. The Russian army invaded Eastern Prussia and was advancing to Germany. Germany sent their army to cut off the Russians. The Russian armies had encrypted radio transmissions to communicate, they were easily intercepted by the Germans allowing them to know what the Russians were planning.The Germans defeated the Russians, and Russian second army was in retreat. Russia had suffered major casualties. 100,000 were prisoners. -
First Battle of Marne
The battle of Marne was fought between Germany and the Allies. Germany started to expand into France. As they advanced their armies grew a gap between the first and second German armies. The Allies took this advantage and it split the German forces and they attacked at all sides confusing the Germans. The Germans had to retreat, this was a victory towards the Allies. -
Christmas Truce
The Christmas Truce was an agreement which both sides refuse to open fire. This took place on December 24th. The truce began on Christmas eve the British soldiers could hear the Germans singing carols the Germans soldiers walked out into no mans land to have a truce. -
The Battle of Gallipoli
The Battle of Gallipoli or known as the Gallipoli campaign was where the Allied troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in ottoman Turkey. The strategy was the Allied ships to pass through the Dardanelles, capture Istanbul and knock the Ottoman Turkey out of the war. The ottoman Empire won but despite the Turks losing both suffered great numbers of casualties. -
The Sinking of Lusitania
The Lusitania was a British passenger ship, it was held as the largest ship in the world. It mostly traveled between the Atlantic Ocean, Britain, and U.S carrying passengers and cargo. Germans tried to gain control of the shipping lanes, Germans used submarines to attack ships and they called them U-boats. The boat was spotted by a U-boat on its way to England and moved into attack and fired a torpedo hitting the side of the ship. Many innocent people were killed and it outraged many countries. -
Western Front: Battle at Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was fought on February 21st, 1916. It ended on December 18th, 1916. This was considered one of the bloodiest, longest battles of WW1. The Germans tactic was to kill as many French soldiers and to wear the French soldiers down. Both sides were fighting on such small land with artillery bombing everywhere.There was no clear winner to this battle. Both suffered over 3000,000 casualties -
Battle of Jutland
The battle of Jutland was a naval battle fought between the British and the Germans. It was the largest naval battle of the war and only one to be a full battle of battleships. The British prevented Germany from receiving imports and Germany saw that as a treat. Both encountered each other in the North Sea. Both were setting off torpedoes and guns firing high. There were almost 10,000 casualties. -
Battle of the Somme
This battle was fought by the Allies and the German empire. British and French forces launched an offensive attack against German defenses on the river of Somme. British soldiers got out of their trenches and made their way to the German lines. This led to heavy casualties on both sides, within one day the British suffered around 20,000 casualties. The allies hoped the Germans attention would divert from Verdun to the Somme battle. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram is a top secret communication. British deciphers a telegram from Germans that was intended for Mexico explaining a military alliance. The British then handed the telegram to the United States in late February. The telegram was made public. America then enters the war. -
Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik Revolution or also known as the Russian Revolution. This was led by the Bolshevik party, which resulted in the end of the Russian monarchy and the end of the Romanov dynasty. This was led by Vladimir Lenin, which would led the Bolshevik to become Communist Party of the Soviet Union. -
Third Battle of Ypres
The battle took place in Passchendaele, Belgium. The British General wanted higher ground surrounding Ypres to do a series of smaller battles. The battle failed because due to bad weather conditions like heavy rain which caused the battle field to be muddy. Both sides had 550,000 casualties. -
Battle of Cambrai
The battle of Cambrai was the first time ever that tanks had been used in a large quantity. The Britian army took their positions at night, they released tanks. Then in late November the Germans began their counter attack on Britain. This forced the British back. This was an Allied victory. -
Battle of Amiens
The Battle of Amiens was planned in Northern French to push the Germans out of France and to retreat back to Germany. The Allies launched an attack with 75,000 men, tanks, and nearly 2,000 planes. Germany was guarded by 20,000 men, they were outnumbered the Allies advancing. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement signed after World War 1. The treaty was signed at the Palace of Versailles outside of Paris, France, which was controlled by the allies. "The Big Three" were mainly the ones who determined the treaty. There was no participation from the Germans because the Germans had accepted that it was their fault for starting the war. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on the 28th of June in 1919. It officially ended the First World War.