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Assassination of Archduke Franz
This single terrorist act cause problems within the alliance system that started the largest war Europe -
Period: to
WW1
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Alliances
Europe was divided into two alliances. The Triple Entente, including Great Britain, France, and Russia. The other (Triple Alliance) included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. -
Strategy
Germany put its miltary plan in affect -
Battle
The Allies attacked the Germans northeast of Paris -
Battle
battle near Limanowa, Austria defeated the Russians and drove them eastward -
Gallipoli campaign.
Effort to take the Dardanelles strait. British, Australian, New
Zealand, and French troops made lots of assaults on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the western side of the strait. -
Attack
Germans launched a massive attack against the French near Verdun -
Attack
Germens lunched massive attack on the french -
Unrestricted submarine warefare
Germans made it so that their submarines would sink without warning any ship around any sea near Britain -
War
President Wilson asked Congress to declare war. The United States entered the war and joined the side of the Allies -
Ending war
Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power, ending
his country’s involvement in the war -
Battle again
the Allies and Germans clashed -
End of WW1
World War I came to an end -
the treaty of versailles
the treaty of versailles