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Germany officially unified
Unification opened tensions because of religion, linguistic, social, and cultural differences among the new nation. -
Russo-Japaneese war
world war 1, like the Russo-Japaneese war , acted as a catalyst for social change. the war brought many of russia's underlying social, political, economical and military problems into focus. -
Austria-Hungray annexes Bosnia
Austria-Hungary announced it's invasion of Bosnia and Herzegovina which, in the end, worsened relations between Austria-Hungary, Serbia, and Russia causing diplomatic stuggles. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot at point-blank range and were killed by a Serbian nationalist which sparked the upcoming events to WW1. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Austria-Hungary gave Serbia an ultimatum stating to take down all Anti-Austrian propoganda and allow Austria-Hungary to conduct an investigation of the archduke's death, they broke relations with Serbia inspite of them listening to the ultimatum and planned to attack Serbia which effectively started WW1. -
schlieffen plan put into action
it was german army's plan for waragainst frnace and russia -
France loses Alsace and Lorraine to Germany
France's First and Second armies made the first move by moving into the city but as France's military was strong and attacked heavily, Germans came back harder as they had machine guns and heavy artillery. -
Japan declares war on Germany
Japan gave Germany an ultimatum to remove their ships from Japanese and Chinese waters & give up control of Tsingtao. -
Lusitania sinks
A German U-Boat torpedoed and sank the Lusitania killing about 2,000 passangers including 120 Americans (The sinking of the Lusitania played an important role on the public opinion against Germany). -
Battle of Marne
Battle between the Germans, who wanted to capture the high grounds of North Verdun to weaken the French, and the French (No strategic advantages were gained). -
Bolsheviks emerge as a political group
unemployement and chaos in Russia led to Lenin and the Bolsheviks attack on the government. This led to the signing of Brest-Litovsk which ended the fighting role in Russia. -
revolution overthrows austria-hungarian emperor
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Fourteen Points proposed
guidelines for world peace that were to be used for peace conferences after WW1. -
russia signed treaty of Brest-Lotovsk
this signing ended russias participation in world war 1 -
Battle of Somme
Battle between British, French, and Germans with there only being a five mile advantage for the Allies and an estimated 1,000,000 men killed. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
he announced his "all time claim" (Proclamation 1) of Prussia and the German Imperial throne. -
treaty of versailles signed
it was one of the peace treaties at the end of world war 1. it ended the state of war between Germany and the allied powers -
stalin takes over russia
stalin ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign. he bacame involved in revolutionary politics, as well as crominal activities -
Germany stops reparation payments to France
a financial crisis came to Germany and in repsonse, announced their suspension of reparation payments -
ottoman germany alliance formed
the alliance was created as a part of a joint cooperative effort that would strengthen and modernize failing ottoman military