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France loses Alsace & Loraine to Germany
Germany wanted these areas because of the people and history, but not being ruled by them but by France. Germany felt that they needed it back for their history and pride. (started future wars) -
Russo-Japanese War
was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden in Southern Manchuria, and the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea -
Bloody Sunday
"Bloody Sunday" or sometimes called Bogside Massacre, was the brutal killing if peaceful protesters in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. why did is this event so important? It was a day that changed many lifes and as we look back on it we make sure that people and their vocies will be heard -
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia
On oct.6, 1908 Austria-Hungary annexed Rosnia. It marked the day of Rosnia independents and claimed all their territories formally within the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire. -
The Assassination of Archduke
Archducke was next in line to be the Emperor of Austro-Hungarian Empire, but was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip hired by the "Black Hand". Archducke's uncle Franz Josef was very angry and wanted to go to war to avenge his nephew's death. (started WW1) -
Germany invades Belgium
German government sent an ultimatum to Belgium, demanding passage through the country and German forces invaded Luxembourg. -
Germany declears war on Serbia
Germany alied with Austria and is now going to war with Serbia to avenge Arcdudke -
Russia Goes To War
When Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II agreed to order general mobilization on the afternoon of July 30, 1914, he unwittingly started the clock on German mobilization. (to stop Germany from taking over) -
Schlieffen Plan
ws the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in response to international tension, had started to mobilise her forces near the German border. The execution of the Schlieffen Plan led to Britain declaring war on Germany -
Battle of Marne
n September 6, 1914, some 30 miles northeast of Paris, the French 6th Army under the command of General Michel-Joseph Manoury attacks the right flank of the German 1st Army, beginning the decisive First Battle of the Marne at the end of the first month of World War I. -
Sinking Of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland -
start o fthe Baatle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun, fought from 21 February – 18 December 1916, was one of the largest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies -
Zimmerman Telegraph
Germany sends a Telegramp to Mexico to invade America. Mexico passed on the offer -
U.S.A Joints The Fight
Due to the sinking of the Lusitania America stands up and fight for their pride -
Czar Nicholas 2 abdicates
During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. Crowned on May 26, 1894, Nicholas was neither trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the autocracy he sought to preserve in an era desperate for change. The disastrous outcome of the Russo-Japanese War led to the Russian Revolution of 1905, which the czar diffused only after signing a manifest -
October Revolution
The October Revolution, officially known in the Soviet literature as the Great October Socialist Revolution, and commonly referred to as Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution -
Russian civil war
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the Russian Revolutions of 1917, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. -
14 points proposed
n this January 8, 1918, speech on War Aims and Peace Terms, President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I. The details of the speech were based on reports generated by “The Inquiry,” a group of about 150 political and social scientists organized by Wilson’s adviser and long-time friend, Col. Edward M House. Their job was to study Allied and American policy in virtually every region of the globe and analyze economic -
Russia signs treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I -
Kaiser Whillhem 2 Abdicates
Wilhelm II (1859-1941), the German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, was one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I (1914-18). He gained a reputation as a swaggering militarist through his speeches and ill-advised newspaper interviews. While Wilhelm did not actively seek war, and tried to hold back his generals from mobilizing the German army in the summer of 1914, his verbal outbursts and his open enjoyment of the title of Supreme War Lord helped bolster th -
Arminstice signed
The Armistice was an agreement signed by representatives of France, Great Britain and Germany. It was an agreement to end fighting as a prelude to peace negotiations. The Treaty of Versailles signed six months later would act as the peace treaty between the nations. Although "armistice" is used as a term to describe any agreement to end fighting in wars, "The Armistice" commonly refers to the agreement to end the fighting of the First World War. -
Stalin takes over Russia
oseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Holding the post of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was effectively the dictator of the state