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Austria-Hungary issues with Serbia
Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia. If they do not accept the ultimatum, Austria-Hungary says they will declare war -
Franz Ferdinand assassinated
Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo(captial of Bosnia) by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist. -
Serbia refuses Austria Hungary's ultamatum
Serbia refuses Austria Hungary's ultamatum and declares war -
Russia, Serbia's ally, joins the fight
Russia, Serbia's ally, joins the fight. they put troops on their border with Austria Hungary as well as Germany -
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World War Ⅰ
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Germany upset by Russia's actions
Germany upset by Russia's actions, declares war on Russia.(they are prompted to act by their alliance with Austria-Hungary as well -
Germany declares war on France
Germany declares war on France as well. They initiate the Schlieffen Plan which they are going to fight Russia first and when they defeat Russia they will go back to the western front. they didn't want to fight in two fronts -
Germany invades Belgium
Germany invades Belgium in order to get to France -
Britain declares war on Germany
Britain declares war on Germany because they promised to protect Belgium's neutrality. -
battle of Marne was over
during the battle, the French has around 250,000 casualities. Although the Germans never published the figures, it's believed that German losses were similiar to those of France. -
Unrestricted submarine warfare
on May 7,1915 a German u-boat sunk a British passenger ship called the Lusitania. 1,198 people died. 128 of which were American citizens. -
German began unrestricted submarine warfare again
German began unrestricted submarine warfare again. They thought if they could just blockade Britain long enough to starve them out, they could beat them before the US get involved -
Zimmerman letter
the British intercepted a telegram from Germany's foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmermanm that was intended to go to Mexico. the message said that if the Mexicans joined the war on the side of the central powers, Germany will help them reclaim land they had lost to the US -
US president declares war on Germany
President Woodraw Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany amd entered on the side of the Allies -
Russia ended the war
Lenin signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk which ended the war for Russia, but also took a lot of their land. -
Germany signed armistce
Germany signed armistce, an agreement to end the fighting at 11:00 November 11, 1918
