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Archduke Ferdinand Assasinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assasinated. This sparked a war across europe. -
The Beginning of World War I
There were the two alliances. The first was named the Triple Entente which included Great Britain, France, and Russia. The other alliance was known as the Triple Allliance. This alliance included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. this broke the European continent between eachother. -
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The Development of the Schlieffen Plan
a battle line was created on the western border of Germany between the central powers which include Germany and Austria-hungary and the Allied Powers which included Great Britain, France, and Russia. -
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The Eastern Front
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The Eastern Front Battle
the Allies attacked the Germans northeast of Paris. This was one of the first attacks against the Central Powers. -
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Trench Warfare
forces used trenches to fight against the opposing force which caused a severe amount of deaths in the war. -
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Battle on the western front
the battles on the western front made the central powers lose resources and food. -
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Russia gets weaker
russia hadnt become industrialized which put a short on russia's food, guns, ammo, etc. -
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Unrestrected Submarine Warfare
The United States entered the war. america called for war after Germany"s Unrestrected Warfare. -
United States declare war
the zimmermann note was written which convinced President Wilson to ask Congress to declare war. The U.S joined the allied forces. -
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Russia's truce
Communist leader Vladmir Ilyich Lenin became the leader of Russia. Vladmir decided to offer a truce to Germany because the Russian's supplies were scarce. -
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Germanies Final Attack
Germans performed one final attack on the French allies. The Germans used more than 6,000 cannons which was one of the largest artillery attacks of the war. -
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Battle on the Western Front
the allies and Germans clash on the Second Battle of the marine. soon Central powers started crumbling and falling apart. -
World War I comes to an end
Kaiser Wilhelm II was forced to step down as a leader of Germany. Then the treaty called an armistice which was an agreement to stop fighting which ended World War I. -
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was created between Germany and the Allied powers was signed on June 28th, 1919. This treaty created peace through the countries.