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The assassination of Arduke franz ferdinand
This is the first big event that had sparked the outbreak of the civil war. Franz ferdinand was thought to had been assassinated by a Serbian nationalist group who had planned to kill him. A man by the name of Gavrilo Princip is responsible for this murder -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Germany declares war on france
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Germany invades Belgium
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Great Britain declares war on germany
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Battle of Marne
The battle of marne was the first major conflict battle to use radio intercepteors and special transport of troops to the battle field. -
Sinking of Lusitania
A Geman submarian had fired a to into the side of the Lusitiana causing it to sink in less than 20 min. The sunken ship caused the US to lose over 173 tons of war ammunition that they were carrying to britain, and killing over 240 people including 25 americans. -
Battle of Verdun
A war that had left both sides with more than 600,000 casualites. It was considered a drenching shellstorm that many men did not walk away from. -
Sussex pledge
Germany had hade made a pledge that they will warn US ships that are shipping things to france to avoid them so they will not sink another one of their ships. -
Battle of Somme
I was the considered one of the largest and most bloody battle of the first world war which had caused casualtiys for more than1.5 million men that had ben serving. It had been fought near the somme river in france wich had gave the war its name. -
The Zimmerman note is intercepted
The central military had tried to send a note to the govenment of Mexico asking that if the United State had joined the war they would ask them to help fight. -
Russian Revolution breaks out
Russian Rulers were overthrown causing two revolutions that swept through setting diferent motions in social and political nations causing a couple of civil unrests and major food shortages. -
US declares war against Germany
After the US had been upset with germany because they had sunk the Lusitiana and the Sussex they had finally taken enough when they had intercepted the Zimmerman note, so they had decided that they would have to take action. -
Battle of Argonne forest
Over 400,000 were delivered to this battle ground. By the next day over more than 10,000 german soldiers were captured.
