World War I Key Events

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  • Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

    sparked WWI
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    WWI

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia to start WWI

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia to start WWI

    retaliation for assassination
  • Battle of the Marne

    Battle of the Marne

    Schlieffen plan fails
  • The Race to the Sea

    The Race to the Sea

    sparked by Schlieffen plan
  • Sinking of Lusitania

    Sinking of Lusitania

    thought to carry munitions, sunk by U-boat
  • Germany USW

    Germany USW

    submarines all over Atlantic
  • Treaty of Bret-Litvosk

    Treaty of Bret-Litvosk

    GE knocks RU out of war
  • Spring Offensive

    Spring Offensive

    last magor GE offensivve
  • Armistice

    Armistice

    ends hostilities and war
  • Meuse-Argonne Offensive

    Meuse-Argonne Offensive

    final Allied offensive leading to German surrender; also largest American battle of WWI.