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unrestricted submarine warfare
germans announced that their subs would sink without warning any ships in the water around -
assination of archduke franz ferdinand and his wife sophia
In 1914 a black hand member from Serbia shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophia in a parade. -
schlieffen plan
It was a plan that a large part of germany would race west to deffeat france. Then travel east to fight and deffeat russia -
battle of tannenberg
At the end of August 1914 germany counter-attacked near the town tannenberg. During the 4 day batttle that followed the germans crushed the invading Russian army and drove it into full retreat. -
First battle of Marne
Germany declared war on great britian -
gallipoli campaign
British, Austrailian, New Zealand, and French troops made repeated assaults on the gallopoli penninsula on the western side of the strait -
Battle of verdun
In febuary 1916 the Germans launched a huge attack on the french near verdun. Both sides lost more than 300,000 soliders. The war ended in December 18, 1916 -
zimmerman note
It was a note to the German ambassador in Mexico. The message said that germany would help Mexico "reconquer" land it had lost to the united states if they allied with Germany -
U.S.A entry
The U.S joined the war in 1917 because because the germans wanted to ally with the mexicans and start conquering land in the U.S that mexico lost -
second battle of marne
Was a battle between Allies and germans. The allies lead the attack with 350 tanks which smashed through german lines. 2 million more U.S soliders joined the fight.
