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Francis Ferdinand is assasinated by a Serbian Nationalist, and Austro-Hungary declares war on Serbia, Russia, and the Allied powers.
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Austro-Hungary declares war on Serbia and begins WWI.
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Proved to be the first major defeat for Germany as well as the downfall of the Schlieffen plan.
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Both the German Army and the Grench army dug trenches, and trench warfare insued for the remainder of the war.
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The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat, encouraging the U.S. to join the war effort.
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Germany resumes USW, or unrestricted submarine warfare, attacking allied ships indescriminately.
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Germany manages to take Russia out of the war in late 1917 to early 1918. This was put on paper with the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
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Germany launches its last major offensive in the war.
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This signified that the war had finally come to an end between the Allied powers and the Central powers.
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Final offensive which led to Germany's surrender