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The Schlieffen plan
This was a plan for an German invasion of france and belgium to be in a one front war against france the third republic. This plan caused the battle of verdun because the battle of verdun was an effect of the war. This also caused the First Battle of Marne because the Schlieffen plan was Germany plan for the Battle of Marne. -
Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot and killed by a Serbian Nationalist in Sarejevo. This was known to be the event which started WW1. -
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battle of tanenberg
This battle was fought between the russian army and german army. And resulted in the extermination of russias second army and the suicide of General Alexander Samsonov. This caused the treaty of brest-Litossk because after Russia was defeated in the battle, they decided to stop participating in WW1. -
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First Battle of Marne
The first battle of WW1 which resulted in an allied victory against German soldiers. This battle killed over 222,000 German soldiers and forced them to settle for Trench warfare. -
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The Armenian genocide
The Turkish extermination of the minority armenian population.
800,000-1.5 million people were killed. -
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Gallipoli campaign
This was to provide a sea route to Russia with an aim to capture constantinople. -
Implementation of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
In 1915 Germany introduced unrestricted submarine warfare to WW1. The German U-boat was the main submarine used by Germany for attacks on unarmed merchant ships. This was ended when the U.S. demanded Germany to suspend the attacks and persuaded Germany. This caused the U.S.A entry into WW1. -
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The battle of Verdun
This battle was one of the biggest battles of the first world war, on the western front between the german and french armies. -
The Zimmerman telegram
The telegram was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German foreign office in january 1917 that propsed a military alliance between germany and mexico in the event that america entered ww1. This was another cause on why us entered ww1 because germany was posing a threat against America. -
U.S.A. Entry
After on going submarine attacks on unarmed U.S. ships and the dividing of Zimmerman note, the U.S dclared war on Germany. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
A peace treaty signed by Soviet Russia and Central powers that ended Russia's participation in the first world war. -
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Second Battle of Marne
This battle was the last German offensive attack of WW1 with a failed attack on the allied powers. -
Armistice
The Armistice was an agreement signed in Compiegne that ended war in the Western Powers.