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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
On June 28,1914, the Archduke and his Wife died due to an assassination. The first attempt failed. The Princip later that day he succeeded by killing them both. -
Austria-Hungry declares war on serbia
The war between the two started because of the killing of the Archduke by a Serbian Nationalist. Austria's response was to invade Serbia. -
Germany Declares war on Russia
When Germany heard about Russia's general mobilization that is when they decided to declare war. Germany also brought France, Belgium, and Great Britian into the war. -
United Kingdom Declares war on Germany
When the United Kingdom declared war it was for Germany invading Belgium. -
Trench Warfare
Trenches were built deep and could go on for many miles. They held soldiers for a long time and they didn't move from that spot. They could only leave if someone came to get them. -
Battle of Ypres
This was fought in western Belgium. This was a great spot for fighting due to it being flat and having canals and rivers. If you had control over the southern part of the city you had great height advantage. -
Second Battle of Ypres
This battle was to see who would control the town of Ypres. In this battle the Germans were successful in using chemical weapons on a large range of soldiers. -
Germany hits the Lusitania
The ship was hit by a Germany submarine. They thought that the passenger ship was caring ammunition. They warned the captain of the ship to turn around but didn't just slowed down. The ship went down in a matter of minutes, there were Americans killed on board. -
Tanks
Tanks were first saw in the battle of Flers-Courcelette. Tanks increased mobility in the battle. They are also the reason why trench warfare broke. -
Battle of Jutland
This battle was between the British and Germany. There were about 250 ships and more that 100 thousand men involved in the war.This battle was off the coast of Denmarks north coast. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The British had intercepted a message from German minister to Mexico. Germany wanted Mexico wanted to get Japan to enter the war. -
US enters the war
US was declared neutral at the start of the war. They enter the war after London intercepted a request from Germany to Mexico. Germany said if they enter the war they will give back any land that they lost to the US. -
Battle of Passchendaele
This battle is also know as the third battle of Ypres. The fighting was between the German Empire and the Allies. This battle became famous because of the amount of mud that was there. -
Woodrow Wilson Speech 14 Points
The speech was for the negotiations on the ending of World War 1. It was also brought forward for peace terms and for the United States Congress. -
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Tis treaty was signed between 3 groups the Bolshevik government, Russia, and Central Powers.This TTreaty ened Russia being in World War 1 -
Baron Manfred Von Richthofen
This man loved to fly. He would ride around in the sky in his red plane shooting down other airplanes. He became known as the Red Baron, he was a legend in the air. -
Germany's Spring Offences
This was Germany's attempt to end World War 1.They were confident that they could do it they had about 500,000 men. They wanted to do this before America had its chance to join the war. -
The Second battle of marne
Tried to breakthrough on the western front, they wanted to complete this before the American troops could get to Europe. -
Armistice of Compiegne
This was a treaty ended the war on the 11 hour of the 11 day of the 11 month. This treaty was brought about by the France and Germany signed it. -
Treaty of Versailles
This may have been the most important treaty signed. This Treaty was signed to end the war.
