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Russo-Japanese War
It was a very, very unlucky war for Russia since they had lost. Especially since, Japan had deployed so much less than Russia- (400,00 vs. 2,000,000). -
Bloody Sunday
The significance of The Bloody Sunday is that it indirectly caused Tsarism to end later after The Bloody Sunday incident. This historic event is also significant because it improved the welfare of common people and the welfare of factory workers. A another way The Bloody Sunday is significant is because sparked many unions. Also a another major way the Bloody Sunday is significant is that it allowed the Russian civilians to have more freedom like freedom of speech because of the October Manifes -
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia
On 6 October, the day after Bulgaria declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire, Emperor Franz Joseph announced to the people of this Ottoman territory (that had been occupied by Austria for 30 years) his determination to recognize and grant them an autonomous and constitutional regime, under his authority as their annexing sovereign. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On June 28, 1914, a teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, as their motorcade maneuvered through the streets of Sarajevo. -
Austria Hungary declares war on serbia
n the days following the Austrian break in relations with Serbia, the rest of Europe, including Russia’s allies, Britain and France, looked on with trepidation, fearing the imminent outbreak of a Balkans conflict that, if entered into by Russia, threatened to explode into a general European war. -
Russia mobilizes army
Reacting to the Austrian attack on Serbia, Russia begins full mobilization of its troops. Germany demands that it stop. -
Germany invades Belgium
The German invasion of Belgium was a military campaign which began on 4 August 1914. Earlier, on 24 July, the Belgian government had announced that if war came it would still contain its neutrality. -
Schlieffen Plan put into action
The Schlieffen Plan was created by General Count Alfred von Schlieffen in December 1905. The Schlieffen Plan was the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in response to international tension, had started to mobilise her forces near the German border. The execution of the Schlieffen Plan led to Britain declaring war on Germany on August 4th, 1914. -
France loses Alsace & Loraine to Germany
In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars they went to France. However, Germany seized them during the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. France was humiliated during this war and, in addition to having to give up two Provence's they considered their own, were forced to pay heavy indemnity payments. This set up a long-term resentment on the part of the French for the newly formed German Empire not unlike the resentment the Germans felt for the French in the aftermath of WW I. By the time WW I rolled aro -
Start of the Battle of Marne
The Battle of Marne stopped expansion of Germany throughout Europe. It also proved a quick victory for Germany was impossible. Which basically screwed up Germany's war plan. -
Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. The sinking of the Lusitania was one of the events that led up to America entering the war -
Start of the Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest single battle of World War One. The details from Verdun and the impact the battle had on the French Army was a primary reason for the British starting the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 in an effort to take German pressure off of the French at Verdun. -
Start of the Battle of the Somme
The British and Allied forces also learnt many valuable lessons about trench warfare, which were put into action in 1917-18. There are few events in British history that carry as much significance as the Battle of the Somme. The battle has a dark reputation. The main reason for this is the heavy details. -
Zimmerman Telegram found
The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note) was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January, 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany. -
Fourteen Points proposed
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations to end World War I.The United States had joined the Allied Powers in fighting the Central Powers on April 6, 1917. Its entry into the war had in part been due to Germany's resumption of submarine warfare against merchant ships trading with France and Britain. However, Wilson wanted to avoid the United States' involvement in the long-standing European tensions between the great powers -
Russian Czar Nicholas II abdicates
Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov was the last Russian Emperor. After his abdication of the
throne the 300-year-old Romanov dynasty came to an end. The tsar's abdication came as a direct result
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U.S. enters WWI
U.S. Entered World War I April 6, 1917
On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. -
Russian Civil War
1917-1922. The Russian Civil War was a civil war fought from November 1917 until October 1922 between several groups in Russia. The main fighting was between the Red Army and the White Army. The Red Army was an army of communists. The White Army opposed the communists. -
October Revolution
In 1917, two revolutions swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and setting in motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. In March, growing civil unrest, coupled with chronic food shortages, erupted into open revolt, forcing the abdication of Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Russian czar. -
Armstice Signed
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was an armistice during the First World War between the Allies and Germany – also known as the Armistice of Compiègne after the location in which it was signed – and the agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
In the wake of the Kaiser's abdication his eldest son - Crown Prince Wilhelm - expressed a desire on 11 November 1918 - the date of the armistice - to be allowed to lead his army back home to Germany. His wish was, given the anti-royalist fervour of the moment, rejected out of hand by the government. He too went into exile in Holland, despatching a letter to Hindenburg following his arrival in which he explained and justified his position. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I were dealt with in separate treaties. -
Stalin takes over Russia
Additionally, Stalin built a cult of personality around himself in the Soviet Union. Cities were renamed in his honor. Soviet history books were rewritten to give him a more prominent role in the revolution and mythologize other aspects of his life. -
Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
On March 3, 1918, in the city of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern-day Belarus near the Polish border, Russia signed a treaty with the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria) ending its participation in World War I.
