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The killing of Archduke Ferdinand
Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were shot point blank while they were riding down the streets of Sarajevo. -
Declared war
Austria rejected Serbia's offer and declared war. -
Strategy of Western Front
The battle lines were drawn, on one side Germany and Austria-Hungary. They were known as the Central Powers. -
Allies
The Allies attacked the Germans northeast of Paris, in the valley of the Marne River. -
The Defeat
Russian did somewhat better against the Austrians. Russian forces defeated the Austrians twice, which was driving them deep into Austria. -
Gallipoli campaign
New Zealand, French, Australian and British troops made many assualts on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the Western side. -
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Battle on Western Front
20,00 British soldier were killed when the British attacked the Germans located northwest of Verdun which is in the valley of the Somme River. -
unrestricted submarine warfare
The Germans let it be known that any submarines in the Britain waterswould sink without any warning. -
War
Congress was asked to declare war by the President Wilson. When the United states entered the war they were on the side of the Allies. -
Development on Eastern Front
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin the communist leader seized power, he insisted on ending the war on his country's behalf.The first step was to offer a truce to Germany. -
Truce
Russia and Germany signed a Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which was the ending the war between the two. -
Battle on Western Front
Germany and the Allies had a bit of a clash at the Second Battle of the Marne, This led to 350 tanks pushing forward smashing through the German lines. -
The End
World War 1 came to an end, after four some years of pure destruction. -
The signing
The Treaty of Versailles was signed which was 5 years to the day of Ferdinands assassination.