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World War I

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  • Franz Ferdinand Assasination

    Franz Ferdinand Assasination
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated while visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. He was next in line for Austro - Hungarian throne. the killing set off decades-old tension in Europe and started WWI.

  • Second Battle of Ypres

    Second Battle of Ypres
    Poison gas was used for the first time during this battle. The gas, fired by the Germans claimed many British casualties

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania
    A German boat had torpedoed down a ship called the lusitania they killed 128 American citizens died. this is one of the reasons the Americans became not neutral in the war.

  • Battle Of Verdun

    Battle Of Verdun
    Germans attacked the french the battle lasted for nine months the battle was inconclusive. Casualties were enormous on both sides with the germans losing 430,000 men and the french 540,000

  • U.S enters WWI

    U.S enters WWI
    The U.S was a neutral country at first but then the Germans started to kill to many of the American people. They where making attack after attack on are boats when they left the harbor. the Americans got tired of it after the torpedoed the lusitania. They enter the war on Aril 6, 1917.

  • Treaty Of Brest - litvosk

    Treaty Of Brest - litvosk
    The Russians had signed an armistice with Germany at Brest-litvosk the terms of the treaty were harsh Russia had to give up Poland the Ukraine and other regions. Also had to stop the propagandas directed to Germany and pay 300 million.

  • Armistice Signed

    Armistice Signed
    The Armistice was signed in an French town bringing the war to the end.

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    This Treaty of Versailles was for the Germans to create Peace between the Allied powers . So they wouldn't have anymore problems and money wasted on the war .