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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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WW1
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Germany Attacks Belgiom Congo
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Battle of Tannenberg
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First Battle of the Marne
The Germans were advancing to France -
Gallipolli Campaign
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Armenian Deportation
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Battle of Verdun
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Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram was a coded telegram issued from a German Foreign Office. It proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico if America ever entered the war. The telegram was intercepted and decoded by British intelligence and caused support from the American public for America to declare war an Germany. -
Implementation of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The war had shifted to the seas and because of failed crops and British naval blockades Germany was having food shortages.
Germany decided to declare that their submarines would sink any ships in the warers around Britain without warning. They had tried this before in 1915 and sank a passenger ship called Lusitania. -
U.S.A. Entry
America's entry into the war was caused by the outrage of the Zimmermann Telegram. President Wilson asked congress to declare war and The United States Joined the Allies in the war. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
This was a treaty offered to Germany from Russia. They wanted to end the war between the two of them, but required Russia to give up land and would be invalid after the war was over. -
Second Battle of Marne
Germany was Weak from their journey to the Marne River. They had exhausted many of their supplies and men.
They were not far from Paris and believed that victory was within thir grasp.
Three hundred and fifty tanks led the Allies to battle and American were used to fill in the gaps in their troops.
After the battle the German Kaiser was forced to step down and Germany became a republic. -
Armistice
A reoresentative of the german government met with Marshall Foch. They signed the armistice in a railway car Passing through a forest near Paris.
After the armistice was signed a peace settlement was created that many were unhappy with.
