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Austria-Hungary ally with Germany. They surroundseveralsmaller countries between them and France.
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Austria-Hungary made an alliance with Serbia to stop Russia gaining control of Serbia.
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Britain, France and Russia agree to not sign for peace seperately. This means if one countries sign a peace treaty they all sign it
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Archduke ferdinand of Austria assassinated by serbian terrorists. Austria declares war with Serbia.
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Germany declared war with Russia after it mobilized the day before. This drew the rest of the alliance to the war.
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Germany had invaded Belgium and declared war on France and attempted to invade. This caused Britain's involvement in the war.
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France was attacked by Germany through Belgium. Britain was obliged to help.
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Turkey takes Germany's side. Trench warfare begins to dominate the western front.
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The fiirst zeppelin raid on Britain takes place. This starts a new kind of warfare.
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A german U-boat sinks a passenger liner. 128 passengers are American.
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At Delville wood British aromor breaks barb wire and makes a path for infantry to move through. Tanks were still primitive and did not prove to be the decisive weapon the designers thought they would be.
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After sinking of the Lusitania and other neutrel passenger liners America is outraged so Kaiser Wilhelm pulls back unrestricted sumbarine warefare. This is an attempt to keep america out of the war but lets supplies be sent from America to other ally countries.
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Kaiser Wilhelm resumes unrestricted sumbarine warfare in trade ways. This of all German acts is what led to Germany's defeat since America joined.
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British inform U.S. president Wildrow Wilson that foriegn secretary Arthur Zimmerman sent an offer to Mexico that they side with Germany in the case that the U.S. enters the war. Mexico declines and tension between the U.S. Germany rise.
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German U-boats sank a multitude of American passenger and cargo ships. America declares war and joins the allies.
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Lloyd George becomes new british prime minister.
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Germany signs armistice at 6AM and fighting ceases at 11AM. Germany stops all fighting involving itself.
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Germany and Russia sign an armistice. Peace resumes on the western front.
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Peace conference in Paris. Peace is made throughout Europe.
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Germans sign armistice in versailles, France. world war one officially ends.
