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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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World War I
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Germany declares war on Russia
For the next 28 days, varies countries will declare war on each other. -
First battle on Marne
The Battle of Marne was the first WWI battle in which the Allied powers won -
Germany begin submarine blockade of British
Any ship approaching England is considered a legitimate target. -
Second battle of Ypres
First use of poison gas in warfare. -
Lusitania sunk off Irish Coast
At 2:10 in the afternoon a torpedo fired by the German submarine U 20 slammed into the British liner. A mysterious second explosion ripped the ship apart. One thousand one hundred nineteen of the 1,924 aboard died. The dead included 114 Americans.
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Italy Declares War on Germany and Austria
New declarations of war continue through Europe. -
First use of tanks in warfare.
Early "tanks", known then as "landships" after their sea-going battleship counterparts, were largely pioneered by the British Navy and began life as awkward rhomboidal-shaped steel beasts with side-mounted cannon and machine gun armament. -
Zimmerman Telegram
"The straw that broke the camel's back". Suggestion of an alliance between Mexico and Germany that would lead to Mexico regaining the terrority lost in the Mexican American War.
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German Submarine Warfare
Germany adopted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in an attempt to starve Great Britain. -
Nicholas II of Russia Abdicates
Revolution forces Czar Nicholas of Russia to give up his throne. -
United States enters WWI
U.S. declares war on Germany. Several key events leading up to this act included the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, and the Zimmerman Telegram sent to Mexico by Germany in January 1917. The resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany on February 1, 1917 was the key event that turned the American public from neutral ground at home to the trenches of Europe. -
14 Points Plan
President Wilson announces his Fourteen Points Plan. *Summarize each of the 14 points with your group memebers. -
The End of the Royal Family
After a secret meeting, a death sentence was passed on the imperial family, and Nicholas, his wife, his children, and several of their servants were gunned down -
Germany Signs Armisctice With Allies
The terms of the armistice were inevitably seen as punitive within Germany. The country however was in no condition to resume hostilities and so reluctantly accepted the conditions. -
The Treaty of Versailles is signed.
The official peace settlement known as the Treaty of Versailles was signed near the beautiful palace at Versailles, near Paris. The treaty forced Germany to accept full responsibility for the the war and pay reparations, give up territories and reduce the army size to a meager 100,000 soliders. The resentment created is often credited with the onset of the Second World War.
