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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
A group called the Black Hand assassinated Archduke Ferdinand. This group had close ties to the Serbian government. This assassination kicked off WW1. -
Germany Declared War on Russia
Germany declared war on Russia because it is an Allied power. Germany was a central power. Germany grew their military by 73% and it was threatening to a lot of countries. -
Germany declared war on France
Germany declared war on France. German troops poured into Belgium as directed under the Schleiffen Plan -
British Declaration of War
Germany didn’t withdraw from the war with Belgium, so Britain declared war against Germany. -
Japan declared war on Germany
Japan declared war on Germany through their alliance with Britain. Later on in a different time period (WW2) they become allies. But in WW1 Japan was allies with Britain -
Zeppelins
Zeppelins are a lot like airplanes. They are essentially huge blimps. They were attacking London. There were different sized Zeppelins. There were huge and small ones. Each size was used for different battles. -
Lusitania Sunk
Germany sunk a boat with many American passengers on it. This was very important because this caused America to be angry at Germany. -
Italy Joined The War
Italy entered the war as one of the Allies. Italy became a helpful country to us while fighting Germany. -
Battle of Verdun
The Germans attacked the French. This battle continued for 9 months. The battle was inconclusive.The casualties were very very very high on both sides. They lost hundreds of thousands of men. -
Romania Entered The War
Romania joined the war on the side of the Allies. But within a few months was occupied by Germans and Austrians. -
Battle of the Somme
The battle was preceded by a week long bombardment of the German line. They only succeeded in making no mans land. The five month long battle made over 420,000 casualties on just the British side alone. -
First Aeroplane raid
The first air raid was from Germany and they attacked London. This pushed London into protecting their home instead of pushing Germans air force. -
US Declares War on Germany
The U.S. declares war on Germany because of the Lusitania sinking. The submarines Germany used were very powerful and hard to stop. -
Allies recover France and Belgium
The allies had taken almost all of German-occupied France and part of Belgium. The allies took back our ally countries. This was a huge deal for the war. We were defeating Germany. -
Treaty of Versailles
This brought WW1 to an end. This document is in Europe still to this day.
