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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
A Black Hand member, Gavrillo Princip, assassinated Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 in the capitol of Serbia, Sarajevo. -
Austria Hungry declairs war on Serbia
Austria Hungry gave Serbia an ultimatum or else they would declare war. Serbia did not meet Austria hungry's wishes and they declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914, one month after the assassination. -
Russia Enters War
Russia entered the war because they were bound by a treaty with Serbia to aid them in a time of war. they began to mobilize their troops in preparation of the war -
Germany enters war
Germany, just like Russia, had their hands tied, they had to enter the war becasue of a treaty they had with asutria -
France Enters war
Declared war against Germany because of a treaty with Russia -
Great Britain enters war
Britain morally decided to aid the French and the invasion of Belgium also forced them to show the others what they've got. -
Japan enters war
Japan had an agreement with Britain and also declared war on Germany. Germany seems to be the one causing all of the problems here. -
Italy enters war
Italy joined committing to Austria-Hungary and Germany's defensive war, but they didn't see Germany's acts as defensive so they decided to remain neutral but then entered on the allies side -
America Enters war
America wanted to remain neutral during the war because they were trading with most of the countries at war and people of america are from the places we would have fought. America was forced into the war because of the Zimmerman Telegram and the sinking of the Lusitania. -
Creation of the League of Nations
The League of Nations was created to remove MAIN, militarism, Allies, Imperialism and Nationalism. This was the 14th point on Woodrow Wilson's 14 points that he created to end the war.
