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Austrian-Hungary declare war
Austrian-Hungary declare war against Serbia. Archduke Franz Ferdidand's wife was killed in Serbia. After the death he had declared war. -
Germany declares war
Germany declares war on Russia. In compliance with a wish expressed to him by His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, the German Emperor had undertaken, in concert with Great Britain, the part of mediator between the Cabinets of Vienna and St. Petersburg, but Russia, without waiting for any result, proceeded to a general mobilisation of her forces both on land and sea. -
Germany & France
Only two days after decalring war on Russia; Germany declares war on France. Moving ahead with a long-held strategy, conceived by the former chief of staff of the German army, Alfred von Schlieffen, for a two-front war against France and Russia. Hours later France declared war on Germany and readied their troops for war. -
Germany declares war again
The day after Germany had declared war on France, Germany then declared war on neutral Belgium. Germany used a right flanking move to try to defeat them quickly. As a result the United Kingdom had then declared war on Germany. -
Austrian-Hungary declares war again
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Austrian-Hungary declared war against Russia. They declared war on Russia because of the Bosnian Crisis and the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Bosnian Crisis was when Austrian-Hungary invaded Bosnia. -
The Battle of the Frontiers
In this battle 27,000 French soldiers died. This battle was an offensive thrust toward east Paris. All of these soldiers died in a single day. -
Battle of Tannenburg
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Germany achieved their greatest victory against Russia. This attack was led by Erich Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenberg. This battle had lasted four days. -
Germany & America
Germany sinks U-boat killing 1,198 civilians and 128 Americans. Germany then responded to the United States anger by telling them that they will sink their ships without warning. This ship was sunk 2 weeks after gas warfare was opened. -
Battle of Verdun
The battle of Vernun was between France and Germany. This was the longest battle of the entire war. The battle lasted from February 21st to December 18th. The result of the battle ended with a draw. -
Battle of Somme
This battle was fought between the British and the Germans. The british introduced the tank in this battle. This battle was also considered a draw even though the British had tanks. This battle started on July 1st and ended on November 18th. -
Wilson declares war
History Learning Site President Wilson declared war on Germany on April 4th. Germany had been bombing U.S boats without warning which helped the decision of declaring war. Wilson asked to go to war on April 2nd and it was passed on April 4th. -
United States fires their first shot
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The United States fired their first shot on October 23rd in a trench war. The United States were alies to French in the war. The first shot was from an artillery weapon. -
Influenza
Influenza killed more people than it did the war. There were 2 large waves of this disease that had killed many soldiers. There was over 37,000 total deaths in the war. -
Germany's major offenses
Germany launched one of their five major offenses. Germany planned to win the war before the Americans got to the trenches. The United States stopped them in late June. -
Americans help French
Germans on the bank of Marnes Paris are stopped by American forces. The United States introduced machine guns and these weapons had helped them stop the Germans. This weapon was made to lay down an absolutley murderous field of fire against advancing troops
