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Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Video: The Causes of WWI
The Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian extremists was perhaps the most important catalsyt to the start of World WarI. As a result Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and the rest of the world began to take sides. -
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Battle of Verdun
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Zimmerman Telegram
British intelligence intercepts and deciphers a telegram sent between Germany and Mexico. In the telegram Germany asks Mexico to enter the war. Germany wanted Mexico to attack the United States so as to distract them from the European war front. Mexico would not execute this request. -
The United States enters WWI
The United States secretly supplied their allies with ammunition and war vehicles throughout the war, but even with this support the United States stayed officially neutral for most of the war. It wasn't until 1917 that the United States finally decided to officially enter the war. The main factors that led to this decision were the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram. -
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Armistice- End of War!
Though the formal end of WWI would not come until later. Novemeber 11, 1918 is recognized as the day when fighting ceased as an armistice was declared. -
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Paris Peace Conference
The Paris Peace Conference settled the terms for five major peace treaties, namely:
-The Treaty of Versailles
-The Treaty of Saint- Germain
-The Treaty of Neuilly
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The Treaty of Versailles
Video: The Treaty of Versailles Though armisitice had been declared more than half a year earlier. The signing of the Treaty of Versialles is recognized as the formal end of WWI. -
