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assassination of franz ferdinand
fanz ferdinand and his wife sophie were shot dead in their car by a group of 5 serbians and bosnian muslim assassins -
austria hungary declares war on serbia
one month after franz was killed austria hungary declareds war begining the first world war -
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germany invades belgium
2 days after germany sent its requests belgium denied germany so germany invaded and the british promised the would help if germany invaded -
battle of tennenburg
a battle between german empire and the russian second military the battle resulted in the total desturction of the russia second army as well as the death of a russian comander alexander samsonov -
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fisrt battle or marne
resulted in a victory for the allies agianst the germany army both sides suffered major casulties because of the unorthodox trench warfare -
battle of zanzibar
was a naval battle between the german cruiser sms konigsberg and the brithish cruiser the hms pegasus on a delta of the rufiji river -
sinking of the lusitania
during the first world war germany waged submarine warfare agianst the united kingdom and wwad sank by a german U boat and sank in 18 mins -
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third battle of artois
was a complement to the champagne offensive was a huge advantage to britian ended with a german withdraw -
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battle of verdun
between the germany and french armys the germans suffered few loses and bad wheather postponed the begining of the german offensive -
gas attack of hulluch
an engagement of ww1 between the second bovarian corps and the 16th and 15th divison of germans the allies were subjected to huge clouds of gas followed by raiding parties -
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battle of jutland
was a naval battle was only the 3rd fleet between steel battle ships and was fought in the red sea -
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battle of somme
also known as the somme offensive was a battle fought by both british and french agianst the germany empire it was one of the largest battles of ww1 with 1 million either killed or wonded -
battle of rafa
a battle the was 3 parts that ended with the british driving the ottomans out of sinai -
russia leaves the war
riots broke out because citezens didnt watn russia in the war -
amerian entry in ww1
after 2 and a half years of trying to keep neutral woodrow wilson declared war on germany -
germans spring offensive
also known as kaisers battle was a series of german attacks maked the deepesed advances since 1914 -
the red baron
the red baron was the highest scoring flyer for germany he was credited with over 80 air to air victories in ww1 -
ww1 ends
more then 9 million were killed and was the 5th deadliest war in history
