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Archuduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife vist Sarajevo in Bosnia
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Two shots fired at the Archuduke
On June 28 1914 Franz Ferdinand was shot and killed by a lone assassin. Beleving the assasin was Serbian nationalist the Austrians targeted their anger towards Serbia -
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World War 1
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Austria Hungary sends ultimatum to Serbia
With the backing off of Germany, Austria Hungary send and ultimatum to Serbia. The Serbs purpose arbitration as a way to resolve dispute. -
Serbia agrees to two of the three terms
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The Austrio Hungarian empire declares war on Serbia
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Germany declares war
Germany declares war on Russia and France and Belgium start full mobilization of its troops. -
Ottoman Germany alliance formed
The Ottoman Empire allied with Germany shortly after the start of WW1. -
Canada joins war
Canada entered into WW1 in August 1914. Being a colony of Britain. So because of this Canada was automaticaly at war. -
Battle of Marne
The British and French armies attacked the German’s moving into northern France. The French and British won preventing the invasion of Paris. -
First battle of Ypres
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Troops land in Gallipoli
The campaign at the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey was a both British and French attempt to capture Istanbul and secure a sea route to Russia. The British and French forces failed at the this and ended up with lots casualties on both sides. -
Italy declars war on Germany
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Evacuation of Gallipoli
After failing to capture Gallipoli the allies return because of no further movment and many deaths. -
Battle of Verdun
The first war on western front, one of the most major battles of the war. Ended in a french victory when Germany failed to achieve there two objectives. The war resulted in a quater of a million deaths. -
The battle of Somme
The British and French fought Germans near the River Somme in France. There were over one million combined casualties and the war ended in a stalemate. Becuase they saw the battle going no where. -
U.S declaers war
U.S declares war on Germany after there submarines sink seven U.S merchents. -
Lustania sinks
This American Passenger ship was shot down by a German submarine. Many American passengers were dead by this tragedy, and this became one of the crucial reasons for The USA getting involved in WW1. -
Second battle of Marne
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Peace treaty with allies?
Official end of WWI was when Germany signed a peace treaty with all of its allies. -
The treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles was a peace traty that ended the war. This peace treaty was very harsh on the germans this is because it basically just gave all the blame to the Germans and also they had to give up there army which was not fair because then they could not defend there self.
