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Balkan War
-First war was between Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Greece
-Took all the territory Ottoman Empire owned in France
-First goal was to take Macedonia from Turkey
-Second war was between Serbia, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria -
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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
-Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was when Archduke was shot by a teenager
-This took place in sarajevo -
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World War I
-Started 1914-1918
-Began because of the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand -
Lusitania sinks
-A German U-boat Torpedoed The British steamship Lusitania.
-Than killing 1,195 people including 128 Americans
-The Germans put out a newspaper saying that anything with a Britain flag were “liable to destruction” -
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Battle of Verdun
-Longest battle in modern day history
-Was put together by German Chief Erick Von Falkenhayn
-They were planning to fight before the French army had time to prepare
-The Ancient Fortress City of Verdun on the river meuse (Imperial War Museums, 2023) -
Battle of Gallipoli, Somme
-An allied offensive against Germany , which became the most costly, bitter, deadly fight in human history
British had lost 57,000 troops more than 19,00 killed on the first day
-Took place the the Somme river in France
-This offense started because of the British
-The British wanted to damage the German in anyway, mainly to weaken their defense (History.com Editors, 2023) -
Zimmermann Note
-Due to Germany secretly communicating with Mexico about being able to get Mexico's land that they lost to the U.S. back the British cut Germanys 5 trans-Atlantic cables and 6 underwater cables between Germany and the British
-Zimmerman was clearly the one who was communicating with Germany -
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Russian Revolution
-The person who lead it was Czar Nicholas II and the Russian empire
-Czar wasn't the best leader when it came to making sure things are stable and when the people saw it wasn't they started to revolt/strike
-Czar was later forced to resign
-This took place obviously in Russia -
U.S. enters war
-The U.S. decided to stay neutral until the sinking of Luistania with 128 americans dying,
-They then acted on the fact Germany was planning to sign a contract with Mexic to attack the U.S
-The contracted to enter war was signed by Woodrow Wilson
-This happened in Germany/America -
Russia withdraws from war
-Took place in the city of Brest-Litovsk modern day Belarus
-On this day Russia signed a treaty with Central Powers that they would withdrawal from the war due to make heavy losses throughout
-This was again lead by Czar Nicholas II -
Battle of Chateau-Thierry
-In 1918 the misshapen croissant of Belleau wood was taken
-Lead by Saratoga Springs
-General John Pershing wanted to break away from the 4 year trenches war settlements that the U.S. had entered into the fight -
Battle of Argonne
-The goal was to cut off the 2nd German army
-The British and Americans brought 700 allied tanks and 37 divisions of troops
-They were building off of what had happened in the Amiens and Albert fight -
Armistice of WWI
-Armistice signed by France Ferdinand Foch
-An Ceasefire that ended the hostility, one year later it ended the war
- When Germany pushed forwards it was at a severe cost of materials. Causing they to have no other choice then to sign (National WWI Museum and Memorial, 2023)
on the allies terms
- This happened in Compagnie France (Sawer, n.d.). -
The Treaty of Versailles signed
-Sgined at the Palace of Versailles
-This one one of the 5 contracts that eventually made World War I come to a closing
-This contract talked about the peace between Germany and the victorius allies
-This contract made Germany and Central Powers take all responsibilities for World War I. This was a major loss with losing Government, money and much more for Germany -
First meeting of the League of Nations
-some of the people that were involved include of
-Woodrow Willison
-Gustav Stresemann
-The first meeting of the league of nations was to talk about the state everything was in post World War I
-This than happened in International Arbitration