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Austria declares war on Serbia.
Austria heard about the Russians mobilizing so they declared war on them. this started the rolling of all troops that participated in the war including allies and powers. -
murder of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand./ start of WW1
was killed by Gavrilo Princip, he was supplied all of the guns needed by the terrorist group, "The Black Hand" without the Austrian prime minister they called for Germany's support because they had not the power to fight a full-scale war. -
Ultimatum is introduced
ultimatum is to stop all of the terrorist groups within its borders. it was also to stop anti-Austrian propaganda. this is significant because it shows the country grows restless with the terrorist groups so they are willing to do something drastic. -
Serbia appeals to czar/ Russian government.
After the appeal to the Russians, the Russians immediately start to mobilize. The mobilizing of the Russians influenced most of the people to mobilize and get together. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany sees that the Russians are mobilizing their forces so they declare war on them. this is significant because these two world powers are going -
Germany attacks Russian ally
germany attacks France but they went through Belgium so they
violated Belgium's law so Belgium hopped in. -
america stays neutral
the Americas stay neutral in the war because they did not have the resources to go and fight another war. they stayed their distance until stuff happened to us than the whole country mobilized. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history -
Battles in western front
Trench warfare raged on the western front. multiple casualties were tried to be covered up by the propaganda to try to keep other large powers like America from going against them. -
first battle of ww1
the Germans marched into Belgium attacking the city of Liege. this is significant because it kicks off the war, and it made a lot of people realize that this is actually happening. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history -
fighting on the eastern front
Russia invades German-held positions with overwhelming force. this made the Germans pull the forces from the western. this left the western front vulnerable for attack and the Americans used this when they joined the war. -
Germany unchecked u boat
u boats from Germany were the reason America joined the war. u boats were sinking neutral ships and other vessels. they were undetectable until sonar. -
Russian revolt
while the military was away there was economic uncertainty and revolution going on in the homeland. some people took advantage of this like Josef Stalin. he came to power and created a government where if you went against him you disappeared. -
Battles in Verdun.
both the French and the Germans dug into trenches. the Germans expected to take the french easily bit the French put them up which threw wrenches in their future attacks/battles. -
Germany closes the game on naval power
the Germans take their naval power and focus on that during the trench warfare so they could be close to the brittan empire's navy. with the powerful navy, they could take all the neighboring coasts of the continent. -
took a swing at the ottomans
the Americans saw the stalemate in Europe so the Americans took after the Ottoman empire that took sides with the powers. they ottoman empire had large resource advantages controlling the balked peninsula. -
Battle of Juthald
largest naval battle between the British and the Germans. made the Germans think twice about their navy. absolute slaughter, the Britten made the Germans suffer heavy losses. -
declaration of war on Germany
america declares war because the Germans sunk 4 merchant ships in a month that belonged to the Americans. the whole country has shown nationalism and was all out helping for the war. -
post revolution
russia started to feed in troops to the Allie powers after they resolved the revolution. the troops added were much needed because the other allies were suffering major casualties. -
German offensive fails
after the German offensive failed the allies launched another counter defensive making the Germans suffer heavy dosage. the Germans could no longer launch any more awefnsive attack -
over 2 million soldiers in great war
America, Italy, Japan, and the middle east were all involved in the war. this is significant because this is the biggest was known to world history. -
central powers unravel
the central powers were suffering two heavy of losses to continue the war. they all had left the war by 1919 concluding ww1
