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hungarian heir and wife murdered
serbian nationalist gavrilo princip assassinated the heir to austria-hungary's thone and his wife while they were visiting sarajevo in Bosnia. -
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world war 1
world war 1 was a global war inluding many of earths countries and was centered in europe -
austria-hungary declares war on serbia
after austria-hungary's heir to the throne and his wife were assassinated they declared war on serbia, the culprit -
germany declares war on russia
germany was allies with austria-hungary and russia was allies with serbia so germany decided to declare war on russia -
germany declares war on france
germany had plans to invade france then go back and invade russia, but when france didnt mobilize they had to quickly make a reason to invade them so they said that an attack from fance was imminent and they had to stop them and so declared war on them -
england declares war on germany
england declared war on germany because germany refused to withdraw from the neutral belgium -
germany declares a "warzone" around great britain
germany declared a war zone around great britain and they created a submarine blockade around britain so that even neutral merchant ships were at risk of being attacked -
the dardanelles campagne began
the unsuccessful campaign by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia -
the second battle of ypres begins
it marked the first time Germans used poisonous gas on a large scale on the wertern front -
the battle of gallipoli begins
the battle of gallipoli was a campaigne on the gallipoli peninsula in turkey between the U.K, australia, India, Newfoundland, New zealand and france against the ottomen empire, Germany and austria-hungary -
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the battle of Gallipoli
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a british ocean liner was sunk by a german u-boat
the british ocean liner, RMS Lusitania was sunk by the german U-boat U-20 -
tsar nicholas II takes control of russia armies
tsar nicholas II declared hostility towards germany and becomes the leader of the russian army -
the battle of verdun begins
it was a battle fought in verdun-sur-muese, france between france and germany, and france won -
the battle of jutland
the battle of jutland was the major naval battle of world war 1, involving australia and canada against germany in the north sea near denmark -
the battle of somme begins
a battle in somme, france with the united kingdom, france, canada, newfoundland, australia, newzealand, south africa and india against germany -
germany sends telegram to mexico
germany sends the secret zimmerman telegram to mexico in an effort to entice mexico to join the war. the british intercept and decifer the coded message -
USA declares war on germany
president woodrow wilson had campaigned for reelection in 1916 emphasising how he had kept america out of war he soon realised the the us could not stand by and remain a neutral country in the great war -
the battle of passchendaele
or the third battle of ypres, was fought in passchendale, belgium
with the UK, canada, australia, south africa, newfoundland, british raj, newzealand, france and belgium against germany -
russia's bolshevik revolution took place
as the forces led by vldimir ilyich lenin overthrew the provisional government of alexander kerensky -
The armistice agreed upon between the new Russian government and the Central Powers goes into effect.
im sorry mrs. lorenc but i dont know what to get as a picture of the armistice between the new russian government and the central powers so instead i have given you a picture of an adorable fluffy moth, please forgive me!!! -
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues his Fourteen Points to peace.
the 14 points was a statement by US president woodrow wilson the WW1 was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe -
germany launches the spring offensive
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the german flying ace, the red baron was shot down
manfred albrecht freiherr von richthofen AKA the red baron was shot down and killed near amiens, but there is was and still is alot of controversy over who it was that actually killed the red baron -
the second battle of marne begins
it was fought at marne river near paris, between: france, UK, US and italy against german empire -
German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees Germany.
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Germany signs the armistice at Compiegne, France. Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
this is the day when we celebrate rememberance day, when the war finished -
the treaty of versailles officially ends world war 1
