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RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
It was a very unlucky war for Russia. Japan was saved through the intervention of the USA. Teddy Roosevelt liked Japan as a foil for Russia, and he helped it end the war it could not have won. The Russians finally had gotten their act (and the Siberian railroad) together and would have defeated the Japanese except for the "peace" efforts of TR. What was funny was that the Japanese government at the time was relatively moderate compared to the ones that followed, and it could not reveal to the Ja -
BLOODY SUNDAY
The significance of The Bloody Sunday is that it indirectly caused Tsarism to end later after The Bloody Sunday incident. This historic event is also significant because it improved the welfare of common people and the welfare of factory workers. A another way The Bloody Sunday is significant is because sparked many unions. Also a another major way the Bloody Sunday is significant is that it allowed the Russian civilians to have more freedom like freedom of speech because of the October Manifest -
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY ANNEXES BOSNIA
Austria-Hungary was a large, relatively powerful country that neighbored a small, weak, loose group of nation-states plagued by racial conflict. With the established power of Britain, France and Russia, and with the emerging dominance of Germany, A-H had to try to keep up with the competition. A-H was trying to establish itself as a dominant power in the world but needed to expand. -
RUSSIA SIGNS TREATY OF BREST-LITOVSK
Russia lost a great deal of land but was no longer at the severely unpopular war. Germany, with the large number of forces freed up was able to divert its troops to the Western Front. The suddenly increase in German forces in the Western front meant that the Allies were losing quickly. Fortunately for the Allies and not such for the Central Powers, the USA decided to step in on behalf of the Allies. -
ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife visited the king of Austria at Sarajevo (capital of Bosnia), they’re assassinated by a 19 year old Serbian; Bosnia took this as an excuse to crush long-time enemy Serbia once and for all. Bosnia had asked Germany if they would back them up if they got into a war with Serbia, Serbia had gotten Russia to ally with them. The French president was in Russia at the time this all happened, -
RUSSIA MOBILIZES ARMY
Once Russian mobilization began, each passing day left the Germans less time to defeat the French and increased the likelihood that Russian armies would overwhelm token German forces guarding East Prussia, opening the way to Berlin. -
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA
Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum containing unacceptable demands to Serbia on July 23. European diplomats scrambled to defuse the situation, but on July 25, Serbia, assured of Russian support, refused to knuckle under—and Austria-Hungary, likewise assured of German support, rejected the Serbian response, laying the groundwork for war. -
FRANCE LOSES ALSACE & LORAINE TO GERMANY
The loss of Alsace-Lorraine was a major cause of anti-German feeling in France in the period from 1871 to 1914. France also suffered economically from the loss of Alsace-Lorraine’s valuable iron ore deposits, iron- and steelmaking plants, and other industries to Germany. -
SCHLIEFFEN PLAN PUT INTO ACTION
The Schlieffen Plan was the German army’s plan for war against France and Russia . It was created by the German Chief of Staff Alfred von Schlieffen in 1903 the request of Kaiser Wilhelm II. It was revised in 1905. The German state remained in disunity before Otto von Bismarck consolidated it in 1871. Even though it was the most dynamic country on the European continent at the time, its late unification put it well behind the other European states in imperialistic activity. -
GERMANY INVADES BELGIUM
The Belgian government mobilised its armed forces on 31 July and a state of heightened alert was proclaimed in Germany.Belgian Government refused the demands and the British Government guaranteed military support to Belgium. Belgian Government refused the demands and the British Government guaranteed military support to Belgium. Belgian Government refused the demands and the British Government guaranteed military support to Belgium.The German government declared war on Belgium. -
START OF THE BATTLE OF MARNE
The World War I First Battle of the Marne featured the first use of radio intercepts and automotive transport of troops in wartime. After French commander in chief Joseph Joffre ordered an offensive in September 1914, General Michel-Joseph Maunoury’s French Sixth Army opened a gap between Germany’s First and Second Armies. -
SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA
It outraged Americans that German submarines would do that to an unarmed passenger vessel. It increased anti-German sentiment in America for sure. The sinking of the Lusitania was one of the events that led up to America entering the war. The Zimmermann telegram was the last straw. -
START OF THE BATTLE OF VERDUN
For the French, that marked the low point. Fighting degenerated into isolated struggles for shellholes, forcing the French into an impromptu but successful defense-in-depth. -
START OF THE BATTLE OF VERDUN
The Battle of Verdun is considered the greatest and lengthiest in world history. Never before or since has there been such a lengthy battle, involving so many men, situated on such a tiny piece of land. The battle, which lasted from 21 February 1916 until 19 December 1916 caused over an estimated 700,000 casualties (dead, wounded and missing). The battlefield was not even a square ten kilometres. From a strategic point of view there can be no justification for these atrocious losses. -
START OF THE BATTLE OF SOMME
The Battle of the Somme was mainly important for the fact that it led to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people over the course of a few months. The battle caused the deaths of an estimated 300,000 soldiers on both sides. -
ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAPH FOUNDED
The Zimmermann Note, or telegram, was important and sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann in 1917. He had sent it to his ambassador in Mexico and the goal was to get Mexico to become an ally of Germany. He offered a great deal of financial support along with Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico if they won the war. -
RUSSIAN CZAR NICHOLAS II ABDICATES
He was extremely significant to Russian history. He was the Tsar of Russia prior to the Bolshevik Revolution. His reign ended as Russia withdrew from World War I and because of the horrible state of the economy and military. The communists (bolsheviks) imprisoned his whole family and executed him, his wife, and their children during the bolshevik revolution. He led Russia into World War One, which ultimately was the demise of the Romanov Dynasty and Tsar Nicholas. -
U.S. ENTERS WWI
President Wilson sought to distance America from WWI by issuing proclamation of neutrality. But, the German challenged to American Neutrality. Germany launched a campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare. In 1917, the German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmerman, sent a secret telegram to the German minister in Mexico. -
RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR
The Russian Civil War was to tear Russia apart for three years between 1918 and 1921. The civil war occurred because after November 1917, many groups had formed that opposed Lenin’s Bolsheviks. These groups included monarchists, militarists, and, for a short time, foreign nations. -
OCTOBER REVOLUTION
The historical significance of the Russian Revolution(s) includes; the end of a monarchy and the beginning of a republic, the division of the Russian Social Democratic Party into the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks, the emergence of Lenin and Trotsky as leaders of the Bolsheviks, the betrayal of the Socialist ideals as expounded by Karl Marx, the Russian Civil War (divided into "Reds" vs. "Whites"), the death of Lenin and the rise of Stalin, and the exile of Trotsky. -
FOURTEEN POINTS PROPOSED
It outlined the 14 points to a peaceful world. The 14th point, the most important according to Wilson, was to create a league of nations. The league of nations was created but the United States Congress refused to enter into it. -
KAISER WILHELM II ABDICATES
He agreed to leave when the leaders of the army told him he had lost their support as well. On November 10, the former emperor took a train across the border into the Netherlands, which had remained neutral throughout the war -
ARMISTICE SIGNED
It not only ended the war but it's tied to the treaty of varsailles. Germany surrendered unconditionally and the treaty that was signed led to WWII because Germany felt like they were being treated too harshly. (The terms of the agreement were to harsh) -
TREATY OF VERSAILLES SIGNED
It was a peace treaty that greatly contributed to the ending of World War I.The European Allied powers imposed the treaty on the already-defeated Germany. Germany had to concede a lot of land and territory. Demilitarization of German forces was also an important factor. One of the most significant aspects of the treaty though, besides helping end World War I, was the fact that Germany had to agree to take fault for the entire war and was considered responsible for all material damages -
STALIN TAKES OVER RUSSIA
Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign.
