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France loses Alsace & Loraine to Germany
Alsace & Loranie was orginally France toerriorty then was cede to Germany after the Franco-German War. -
Russo-Japenese War
The Russo-Japenese War was a rivarly between Russia & Japan for power in Korea and Manchuria. It began on Febuary 8,1904 because Japanese fleet launched a suprise attack on Russian naval. It later ended on September 5, 1905. -
Start of the Battle of Marne
It was fought in the north and east of Paris. It was featured the first to use radio and automotive transport in wartime. General Michel-Joseph Maunoury’s French Sixth Army opened a gap between Germanys 1st & 2nd armies. He filled the gaps with help from french fifth army & british expenditionary force. -
Austria- Hungary annexes Bosnia
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
he was shot by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the black hand on June 28th, 1914. This caused the war with Serbian & later lead to WW1. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
1 month after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria Hungary declares war on serbia which beginnings WW1. -
Russian mobilizes army
It was one of the main causes of WW1. Russian promised to support France after there defeat in the Franco Prussian War because they didnt want to seem helpless. So France later urged Russia to mobilize because they were scared of immediate attack from Germans. -
Germany invades Belgium
Belgium annouced that if it would comt to war that they would remain neutral. They later mobilised there army forces because of a danger for war from Germany. Germany sent a final offer to le Belguim demanding passage through there country. -
Schileffen Plan put into action
It was German Army's plan for war against France and Russia. -
sinking of the Lusitania
The Lousitania was a British ocean liner. It was torpedoed by a German U-boat. This caused the United States to enter WW1. -
Start of the Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun started from a German Krupp who striked a cathedralin Verdun, France. -
start of the Battle of Somme
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Zimmerman Telegraph is found
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Russian Czar Nicholas 11 abdicates
He was forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. -
U.S. enters WW1
The United States joined there Allied Powers -- Britain, Russia, & France. -
October Revolution
October Revolution also know as Bolshevik Revolution. It was the second & last major phase of the Russian Revolution. It later seized power in Russia. -
Russian Civil War
October 25, 1917 - October 12, 1922 was the time period for the Russian Civil War. Russian Civil War was conflict in which the Red Army successfully defended the newly formed Bolshevik government against various Russian and interventionist anti-Bolshevik armies. -
Fourteen Points proposed
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Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed between the new Bolshevik government of the Soviet Russia and the Central Powers. -
Kaiser Wilhem II abdictates
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Armistice Signed
It was an agreement signed by France, Great Britain & Germany to end fighting of World War 1. It took place in Ferdinand Foch's railway. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
Treaty of Versailles was exactly 5 years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This offically ended World War 1. -
Stalin takes over Russia
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Bloody Sunday
In St. Petersburg, Russia, Father Georgy Gapon led unarmed demonstrators were fired at by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
