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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austrian throne. He was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist called Gavrilo Princip. -
World War One Begins
On August the 1st 1914 World War One officially began as a result of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and because many European countries wanted to get control of more land. -
USA Remain Neutral
When the war began the United States officially announced a united policy of strict neutrality. The President of the United States, Thomas Woodrow Wilson's goal was to negotiate peace and he sent his top aide Colonel House on repeated missions to the two sides, but each was so confident of victory that the peace was ignored. -
The Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg was an engagement between Russia and Germany in the first month of World War I. Fought between 26 August and 30 August 1914. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army, and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. -
The 1st Battle of the Marne
The Battle of the Marne was a First World War battle that was fought from 5–12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army under Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Younger. -
Unofficial Christmas Truce
The Christmas truce was a series of widespread but unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front around Christmas 1914. In the week leading up to the holiday, German and British soldiers crossed trenches to exchange seasonal greetings and talk.
In areas, men from both sides ventured into no man's land on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to mingle and exchange food and souvenirs. Several meetings ended in carol-singing. -
The Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest single battle of World War One.
The Battle of Verdun started on February 21st 1916 and ended on December 16th in 1916. It was to make General Philippe Pétain a hero in France. -
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire.
It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the River Somme in France. The battle was one of the largest of World War I, in which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history. -
US Declares War on Germany
Germany's renewal of unrestricted submarine warfare and the revelation of a proposed German plot to ally with Mexico against the US prompted the American President to ask for a declaration of war against Germany in order to "make the world safe for democracy. -
World War One Ends
The final Allied push towards the German border began on October 17, 1918. As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers began to collapse. Turkey signed a truce at the end of October, Austria-Hungary followed on November 3. Germany began to crumble from within.
