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WW1
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Archduke death
July 28, 1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was shot to death with his wife by the Bosnian Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. -
Germany invades Belgium
To execute the Schlieffen Plan, Germany had to go through Belgium in order to invade France. -
First battle of Marne
The Allies stopped the German invasion of Paris. -
The sinking of Lusitania
A British passenger ship, sunk by a German U-Boat. -
Battle of Verdun
The French held their line against a German offensive until December of the same year, during the longest battle of the war. -
Battle of Jutland
An indecisive naval battle between German and British fleets. -
Battle of Somme
A disastrous Allied offensive at the Somme, where Allied casualties numbered in the millions. -
Landed
U.S. troops landed in Haiti -
Declaring war
Italy declares war on Germany -
TANKS!
Tanks were introduced for the first time by the British in the battle of Somme. -
End of Somme
The Battle of Somme ended -
AIRPLANES!!
First German Airplnes -
America
America Declares war -
USSR
Russian revolutionaries setup a Communist goverment, attempting to make peace with the Central Powers. -
Its Over
World War One is finally over
