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  • The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was one of the key events that led to WW1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.

  • The beginning of the WW1

    The beginning of the WW1
    The First World War (1914-1918) was the historical event that defined the events of the 20th century; It devastated the political, economic and social order of Europe, and its dubious conclusion laid the groundwork and prepared the way for an even more destructive scenario: World War II.

  • The Battle of Tannenberg

    The Battle of Tannenberg
    The Battle of Tannenberg was fought between Russia and Germany between 23 and 30 August 1914. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of half of the Russian second army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. This battle was fought in Tannenberg, east Prussia, Germany.

  • The Battle of Verdun

    The Battle of Verdun
    The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse.

  • The battle of Somme

    The battle of Somme
    The Battle of the Somme was a major battle of the WW1 fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the river Somme in France.

  • Treaty Brest-Litvosk

    Treaty Brest-Litvosk
    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty signed on March 1918 between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers, by which Russia withdrew from WW1.

  • The end of the WW1

    The end of the WW1
    The First World War ended on November 11, 1918 with the signing of the Compiegne Armistice, indicates author Patricia Kreibohmel in the article One hundred years since the signing of the Compiegne Armistice.

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of WW1, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers.