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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On June 28,1914, Archduke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand and his beloved wife Sophie were assassinated by a Serb Nationalist in Sarajevo -
Europe Getting Ready For War
Through July 28 to August 28 of 1914, Each European Nation start to declare war upon each other
Austria-Hungary and Germany declare war on Britain, France, Russia and Belgium while the Four Nations declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary -
Battle of Gallipoli
On April 25, 1915, The British and the ANZAC(Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) traveled to the Gallipoli Peninsula to battle the Ottoman in Constantinople but for the British was a disaster. The Allies suffered more than 200,000 casualties during the Nine-Month Campaign which in result was a failed offensive and lead to the collapse of the British Government -
Sinking the Lusitania
On May 7,1915, a Month after the Failed Offensive in the Gallipoli campaign, The British Ocean Liner Lusitania was destroyed by a German U-Boat which Sunk and nearly killed 1,200 were killed which included 128 U.S. citizens. This accident caused the United States to join the Great war 2 years later on the side of the Allies -
The Battle of Verdun
On February 21,1916 was the Bloodiest and Brutal Battle in French History. Over 10 months, Both the French and German Armies collided and fought in the city of Verdun, France which both sides suffered over 700,000 Casualties with some 300,000 killed. In the End, Most of the French Villages were wiped out from the Map, concluding the Brutal Battle in French History. -
The Battle of the Somme(1916)
This British Offensive was suppose to attract the Germans from pressuring their armies on the French Army at Verdun. But on the first day on July 1, 20,000 British men were killed on the first day,marking the single bloodiest day of British History -
The Russian Revolution
On March 15,1917 Tsar Nichola || left the throne after a Revolution caused him to abandoned his throne. Later the New Leader of the Country, Vladimir Lenin and his Bolsheviks would take Russia out of the Great war, easing Pressure on the Eastern Front. -
U.S.A Joining the War(1917)
On April 6,1917 The United States declares war on Germany because Germany's Practice of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare and Needing to Support the Allies -
Russia split apart(Kinda,1918)
On March 3, 1918, The New Soviet Government creates a separate peace with the Central Powers with the Brest-Litovsk Treaty which Russia would surrender lands which the Ukraine,Polish and Baltic terrirories and Finland would be created. -
End of the Great War(1918)
Due to the Elimination of Austria-Hungary, Germany is the only one who is fighting in the war and with the Allies closing in their lands, Germany's Secret Government started to make peace offerings to end the war which worked,concluding the war with the Treaty of Versailles but with the failed treaty not working, the Rise of Adolf Hitler would change all of that, creating the second massive global conflict,also known as World War 2
