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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.
Sophia got shot too by a Bosnian Serb nationalist. -
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Battle of Tannenburg
Fought between Russia and Germany.
The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army. And the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. A series of follow-up battles destroyed most of the First Army as well and kept the Russians off balance until the spring of 1915. -
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Battle of the Marne
World War I battle.
It resulted in an Allied victory against the German armies in the west. The battle was the culmination of the German advance into France and pursuit of the Allied armies which followed the Battle of the Frontiers in August and had reached the eastern outskirts of Paris. -
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Battle of Gallipoli
Campaign of the first World War.
Took place on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire. The peninsula forms the northern bank of the Dardanelles, a strait that provided a sea route to the Russian Empire, one of the Allied powers during the war. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania sunk.
Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany. -
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Battle of Verdun
Largest and longest battle of the first World War.
The battle took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. The German 5th Army attacked the defences of the Fortified Region of Verdun (RFV, Région Fortifiée de Verdun) and those of the French Second Army on the right bank of the Meuse. -
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Battle of the Somme
Battle fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Empire against the German Empire.It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the River Somme in France. The battle was intended to hasten a victory for the Allies and was the largest battle of the First World War on the Western Front. -
Interception of the Zimmerman Telegram
Secret diplomatic communication issued from the german foreign office.The message was sent to the German ambassador to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckardt. -
March Russian Revolution
The time when riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in petrograd. Involved the collapse of an empire under Tsar Nicholas II and the rise of Marxian socialism under Lenin and his Bolsheviks. -
US joins WWI
The US joins World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. -
November Russian Revolution
Led to the rise of the Soviet Union. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. -
Signing of the Armistice
World War I came to an end following the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany. Previous armistices had been agreed with Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. -
Signing of the treaty of versailles
Germany and the Allied Nations signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war. Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. -
Creation of the league of nations
Creation of the league of nations. It was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. -
Creation of the USSR
Creation of the USSR. The Treaty along with the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR was approved on December 29, 1922
