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The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
As the royal entourage drove through the city. Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip stepped from the crowd and shot the Archduke and his wife Sophie. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Austria-Hungary declared what was expected to be a short war on serbia -
Germany invades Belgium
Germany invaded Belgium with the strategy known as the schlieffen plan. -
Battle of Tannenburg
Germans stop Russian advance -
First battle of the Marne
Allies stop German advance on Paris -
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Battle of Verdun
French hold the line in the longest battle in the war -
Battle of The Somme
Disastrous British offensive