World War I

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  • Triple Alliance

    The Triple Alliance was a defensive military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. It was formed on 20 May 1882 and renewed periodically until it expired in 1915 during World War I. Germany and Austria-Hungary had been closely allied since 1879.

  • The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    The assassination was one of the key events that led to world war I. The assassin stepped up to the footboard of the car, and shot Franz Ferdinand and Sophie at point‐blank range, Gavrilo Princip is immediately arrested for the shooting and Nedjelko Cabrinovic is caught fleeing after the bomb attempt.

  • Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. It was determined to take decisive action against Serbia and, by now, knew this risked war with Russia, Serbia's supporter. Austria-Hungary was prepared to risk war because it had the guarantee of German support.

  • Russia announces troops mobilization

    Russia announced a general mobilization in support of Serbia.

  • Germany declares war on Russia

    When Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Serbia's ally Russia started mobilizing for war. Austria-Hungary's ally Germany demanded Russia stop preparing for war. When Russia refused, Germany declared war on Russia

  • Germany declares war on France

    Germany demanded that France remain neutral, and that the Russians stop mobilizing. Neither country bowed to German demands. When Germany declared war on Russia, it knew that war with France would soon follow. Two days later, Germany declared war on France.

  • Germany invades Belgium

    As international tensions heightened during the summer of 1914, Germany made plans to besiege France by crossing Luxembourg and Belgium, despite their neutrality. The two countries refused free passage to the German troops and were invaded.

  • Great Britain declares war on Germany

    After weeks of speculation and mounting tension, Great Britain declared war on Germany

  • The Fourteen points

    The Fourteen Points were a proposal made by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in a speech before Congress on January 8, 1918, outlining his vision for ending World War I in a way that would prevent such a conflagration from occurring again

  • United States enter to the war

    The U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary