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WW1
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassination
Gavrillo Princip, a member of a Bosnian Serb nationalst group, assassinated Achuduke Ferdinad. -
War starts
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, this is the beginning of WW1. -
Russia gets invloved
Austria-Hungary decides to invade Russia, this gets Russia involved in the war. -
Britain, France vs Ottoman Empire
Britain and France declared war on the Ottoman Empire. -
First Battle of the Marne
Germans advanced within 30 miles of Paris but the French send reinforcements, and this is when trench-warfare begins. -
Second Battle of Ypres
German armies use chemical warfare by launching chlorine on Allied trenches. -
Germans sink Lusitania
German submarines sink the Lusitania during crossing from NY to Liverpool, England, which kills 128 Americans. -
Battle of Verdun
German vs France armies, French villages are wiped, and there are still shells in this area. -
US vs Germany
US declares war on Germany dude to the submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram. -
Battle at sea
The British and German ships fight with their battleships out at sea. -
First Battle of the Somme
The British offense draws Germans attention from Verdun, killing 20,000. -
Tanks
British tanks are used to rip through the German defense, tanks were introduced for the first time. -
Soviet and Central power peace
The Soviet government concludes a separate peace with the Central Power. -
Germany and the Allies conclude an armistice
A group of hard-core militarists, led by Erich Ludendorff, would perpetuate a myth claiming Germany had been stabbed in the back. -
War is over
Allied and German representatives sign The Treaty of Versailles, the US signs the treaty of gurarnty.