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Unification of Germany
Germany had been fragmented into as many as 300 separate states ever since the Investiture Struggle in the Middle Ages had wrecked the power of the German emperors. -
revolution overthrows austria-hungary emperor
Habsburg Austrian Empire was threatened by revolutionary movements. -
france loses alsace and lorraine to germany
rea comprising the present French départements of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, and Moselle. -
Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
two new major states of Europe had been formed—the German Empire and the kingdom of Italy. -
Triple Alliance,
Triple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War I. -
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War developed out of the rivalry between Russia and Japan for dominance in Korea and Manchuria. -
Austria Hungary annexes Bosnia
Damaged Austria Hungarys relatonship -
Ottoman Germany alliance formed
Ottomans asked the Germans to assist in the development of a new military force, the Germans sent officer Liman von Sanders in reply. -
Archduke Franz Assassinated
him adn his wife were shot to death by Boshian Serb -
Austria declares War on Serbia
first truly global war. It began in Europe but quickly spread throughout the world. -
Schlieffen Plan put into action
The Schlieffen Plan was created by General Count Alfred von Schlieffen -
Battle of Tannenburg
was to invade East Prussia along with General Rennenkampf’s First Army. -
Battle of Marne
featured the first use of radio intercepts and automotive transport of troops in wartime. -
Japan declares war on Germany
Germany's inevitable rejection of the Japanese ultimatum - Japan declared war on Germany and seized control of Tsingtao in short order in early November 1914. -
Russian aarmy out of ammunition
There was no united front in Russia when war was declared on Germany and Austria. The Prime Minister, Goremykin, followed the patriotic line and had greater access to Nicholas than most other ministers. -
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Battle of Gallipoli
was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia during World War I -
lusitania sinks
was a British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband and briefly the world's biggest ship. -
Battle of Verdun
longest single battle of World War One. -
Battle of Jutland
the largest sea battle in naval warfare history -
Battle of Somme
famous chiefly on account of the loss of 58,000 British troops -
The Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was a coded message sent from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to Germany's ambassador in Mexico -
October Revolution
officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution -
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The use of unrestricted submarine warfare was to have a major impact on World War One as it was one of the main reasons why America joined the war. -
tsar Nichola II abdicates
n the days of the great struggle against the foreign enemies, who for nearly three years have tried to enslave our fatherland, the Lord God has been pleased to send down on Russia a new heavy trial. -
Bolsheviks emerge as political group
the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world. -
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Battle of Passchendaele
infamous not only for the scale of casualties, but also for the mud. -
Balfour Declaration
letter from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild that made public the British support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. -
Vladimir Lenin seizes power in Russia
Vladimir Lenin seizes power from the Tsarist regime in a coup d'etat. Widespread starvation and catastrophic military failure in the First World War left Russia ripe for revolt. -
Influenza Epidemic
The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world's population was attacked by this deadly virus -
14 points proposed
President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. -
russian signed treaty of brest- litovsk
between the new Bolshevik government of Russia (the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey), -
Armistice Signed
The end World War 1 -
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
Wilhelm's abdication was announced by Chancellor Prince Max von Baden -
treaty of versailles signed
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918 and in the shadow of the Russian Revolution and other events in Russia. -
The Treaty of St. Germain
The Treaty of St. Germain, strictly the Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye, was signed with Austria after World War One had ended. -
New economic Revolution
introduced by Lenin at the Tenth Party Congress in March 1921, represented a major departure from the party's previous approach to running the country. -
stalin takes over russia
Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, -
Trotsky flees Russia
Leon Trotsky was one of the foremost figures in the Russian Revolution. Trotsky, along with Vladimir Lenin, gave the move for revolution both drive and organisation. Trotsky's leadership during the Russian Civil War probably saved the Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917. -
Germany stops reparation payments to France
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russian army pact violates versailles
broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years -
US declares war on Germany
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson outlined the case for declaring war upon Germany in a speech to the joint houses of Congress on 2 April 1917.
