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The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdidnand
June 28th of 1914, the great war.. known as WW1 had began due to this unfortuneate event. On this day Archduke Franz Ferdidnand had been assasinated in Bosnia by a Serbian terrorist group, also known as "the black hand". Summer of 1914, Franz Ferdidnand and his wife Sophie, had accepted an invatation to visit the capital of Bosnia, Sarajevo. Franz had been informed of terrorist activity conducted by the nationalist organization the black hand. They ignored this info and made a wrong turn. -
austria-hungary declared war on Serbia
Took place after Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Austria Hungary had declared war on Serbia due to the assisnation -
battle of mons
The battle of the mons was the first action of ww1 and it was an engagement between the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the German army at Mons, Belgium, during the Battle of the Frontiers in the opening weeks of World War I -
Battle of Marne
The battle of Marne enabled the French to continue the war. In spite of that.. An important setback struck when the Germans had the chance gain control of a significant amount of France's industrial northeast.What would be the Germans' last offensive effort of World War I begins. -
first battle of Ypres
This was the start of several battles surrounding the ports. In this war, which was known as a "race to the seas," German forces were trying to attack and seize French ports. Trench warfare was also used for the first time here. -
Christmas truce !
This was a short and unofficial truce that had occurred in the Christmas morning of 1914. Soldiers from both sides had put their weapons down instead of fighting they walked towards eachother and shook hands. They played football, talked about their familes, exchanged gifts, and even exchanged addresses in no mans land. -
The Gallipoli Campaign
The purpose of the allied military campaign was to convince Turkey to withdraw from the ongoing war. This created a new front and distracted the Ottomans, ultimately helped the Allies win. -
Germany sinking Lusitania
Germany said that the fact that weaponry were being carried on board made the sinking acceptable. Germany's only edge came from the fact that Britain effectively blocked off German ports to supplies. The plan was to starve Britain until Germany was overcome by the British blockade. That's the logic behind why the Lusitania sank. -
10K British troops surrender to the Turks
The First Battle of Kut, also known as the Siege of Kut Al Amara (7 December 1915–29 April 1916), included the besieging of an 8,000-strong British-Indian impact situated near the town of Kut. -
Zimmerman Telegram
On this day, Germany sent a secret message to mexico to form an allience together and team up against America. Germany had promised that if Mexico joined and won, they would give them their lost territory's in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Unfortunatly for them.. Mexico declined and when America found out about this; they were furious. -
Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik Revolution happened in the Russian empire. This event had happened because people were starting to become upset with the amout of lives that were being taken while the war occured, and this was also a major fact for them to end up leaving the war. -
US declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary
April 4, 1917, the Senate voted in support of the measure, and the House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. We are going to war . -
Russia signs armistice w/ Germany
On 15 December, 1917, an armistice washad been signed between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on the one side and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire -
The treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles had been signed at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris. This had been one of several treaties that ended world war 1. This treaty was also made without any input from the Germans. -
The end of WW1 | Armistace
This was the offical ending to WW1.
The 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month. There were millions of casualties and the empires had been completely broken up. there had been 9 million deaths, millions of refugees, and poor living conditions in cities destroyed by war. Map of Europe changed by adding 9 new nations due to nationalism. Those nations being, Finland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary, Lativa, Lithuania, and Estonia. Germany agreed to pay for ALL damages.