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Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assasssinated in Sarajevo. his death was the spark that started wwI -
Russia mobilizes
Russia mobilizes its vast army to intervene against Austria-Hungray in favor of ots ally, Serbia. this move triggers a chain reaction that leads the the mobilization of the rest of Europe Great Powers and inevitably to the outbreak of hostilities -
WWI begins
Gremany invades belgium thust beging WWI -
first tanks
the British use the first tanks ever in battle. Although they where usefull for breaking through barbed wire they where still not a decsisive wepon -
germans limits submarines
reacting to the outrage of the sunkin american ocean liner the lusatainia the germans said that they wouldnt fire till they warned they where going to do so -
zimmerman telegram
the proposal to give mexico land from the us if they invaded and the germans won the war -
U.S. enters war
Congress authorizes a declarsion of war on germany. the us enters the war on the side of france and britian -
slective services act
Congress passed the slective service act which authorized the draft -
germany and russias peace
the leaders of russia falls to the bolsheviks and sing a paece treaty with germany. when this is singed germany is allowed huge tracts of land in russia -
End of the great war
the great war was finally over millions of troops from both side lost there lives in the so called war to end all wars germany and austria hungry lost the war
