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Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie are assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarejavo. Princip is a member of Serbian nationalist group "The Black Hand." -
War Begins
Whe The officially begins. Austria-Hungary declares War on Serbia. -
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Geman Invasion of Belgium
Germany invades Belgium in an attempt to get through to France. -
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Battle of Tannenburg
A battle between Russia and Germany. Took place near Allenstein in what was East Prussia. German's Destroyed the Russians. -
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First Battle of the Marne
The Germans fought the French and English troops at the Marne River in France. They Lost.. -
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First Batle of Ypres
Took place in Ypres, Belgium. Between the Allies(France, Belgium, UK) and Germany. The Allies Won. -
Christmas Treaty
The two sides of the Ypres Salient battle set aside their weapons and met on No Man's Land to celebrate the 1914 Christmas. -
German Britain
Germany declares a war zone in the sea around Great Britain. -
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Secon Battle of the Marne
A battle between Germany and the Allies (France, UK, Belgium.) Took place in Ypres, Belgium. It was a stalemate. -
Lusitania is sunken
2:10PM-2:28PM The RMS Lusitania is sunken on the water by German U-Boats -
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Battle of Verdun
France and Germany fought at the RFV of Verdun in France. Longest Battle. French won. -
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Battle of Jutland
A battle between the UK and Germany taking place in the North Sea, near Denmark. The UK had 151 combat ships, and Germany had 99. British Victory. -
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Battle of Somme
The British Empire and France fought the German Empire near the Somme River in France. The Germans lost. -
US Enters The War
The US declares war on Germany on April 2nd, 1917. This happened as a result of the sinking of the Listuania. -
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Battle of Passchendaele
The third battle of Ypres. Took place in Passendale between Germany and the allies (Britain, France and Belgium). The Allies Won. -
USSR Withdrawals from WWI
Russia leaves the Great War after Lenin and the communist party overtakes the government. -
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German Spring Offensive of 1918
A battle of the Germans versus France, Britain, Italy, the US, and Portugal. It took place in northern France, West Flanders, and Belgium. The Germans were obliterated. -
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Second Battle of the Marne
The last major German Spring Offensive. The Germans fought the US, France, Italy, and the UK. The Allies won. -
WWI Ends
Germany signs an armstice. The Treaty of Versailles is signed. Germany pormises to pay economic reparations as well as giving up over 10% of it's lands. This land includes Alsace, Loraine, and all it's overseas colonies. Last reparations payment payed on October 3, 2010, The Payment was £59.5 million (or around $94 million)
