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assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, is shot by nationalist Gavrilo Princip. -
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The Start of WWI
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
After the assassination of the Archduke Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia -
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany declared war on Russia because once Russia joined the war, because they are allies with Austria-Hungary, the Germans joined because they are allies with Serbia -
Germany declares war on France
Germany declared war on Frace because they were helping the Russians and Austria-Hungary. -
The United Kimgdom declares war on Germany
The United Kingdom declared war on Germany because the Germans are enemies with the United Kingdoms allies. -
U.S. President announces the U.S. will remain neutral
The United States didn't want to gte invloved because they believed, at the time, that the war was only between the European countries. -
The Battle of Tannenberg begins
This is the first battle of World War 1 and it kicked of the rest of the major battles that will come in the future. -
First Battle of the Marne begins
This is the first battle that took place at Marne. This battle was important to the war. -
Battle of Ypres begins
This is the last major battle that took place in the year 1914. -
The inofficial Christmas truce is declared
During this time soldiers from each side of the war joined in no-mans-land to exchange Christmas cards and to get to know who they were fighting.
