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Assassination of the Archduke
Parties: Austria-Hungary & Serbia There was a lot of tension between Austria-Hungary and Serbia due to Serbian nationalism. Serbian nationalists murdered the archduke Franz Ferdinand, which ignited a larger event Significance: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, which resulted in the big powers declaring war as well. -
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World War I — TO END 1917
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Parties: Austria-Hungary, Germany and Serbia Due to the assassination of the archduke, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany had promised to support AH, but Russia wanted to support Serbia. Significance: Domino effect.... -
Germany declares war on Russia
Parties: Russia and Germany
As a result of alliances, Germany declares war on Russia, because Russia will not withdraw their support of Serbia. -
Germany declares war on France
Parties: Germany and France + Belgium
Germany invades Belgium to get to France
The Schlieffen Plan! Leads to Britain..... -
Britain declares war on Germany
Parties: GB, Belgium and Germany
GB promised support to Belgium neutrality, so when Germans declined withdrawal of Belgium, GB declared war on Germany.
A WORLD WAR WITH GREAT POWERS HAD STARTED -
WORLD WAR I HAS BEGUN
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The Battle of Galicia
Russian had early victories against the Austrians
Germans provided aid to the Austrians ENDED 11 SEP 1914 -
The Battle of Tannenberg
Eastern Prussia
Russian 1st and 2nd army were separated
Russians lost the battle
----Russians lack industrial capabilities to keep up supplies and resources
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The Battle of Marne
The French and British fought against the Germans
----Germans retreated on the 9th
By the 13th, the Germans had retreated past the Asine river.
They dug in there and began to construct their trenches
-----Stalemate begins
----------No one advances ENDS 5 DAYS AFTER -
OVERVIEW OF WHOLE TIMELINE
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The Battle for Verdun
German Artillery bombardment of French forts defending the city
By the 24th the Germans broke through and began to advance
The war began to move
The battle was fought mostly with artillery
By September the Germans advanced
The French launched a counter offensive stopped the German army driving them back
By December 16 the Battle was over
French lost about 315,000 men, The Germans lost about 280,000 men -
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The Battle of the Somme
An effort to relieve the German attack on Verdun
The British began with an artillery bombardment
----They attempted to move forward, but were met with machine gun fire
The British took 57,000 casualties in one day, The largest if the war
----Lack of coordination
Became a fight for small wood areas and villages
----They slowly took these villages at the cost of soldiers
The battle ended when the Germans won by spraying and praying -
The Brusilov Offensive
Create a massive front on the east so that Germans cannot deploy their reserves to a specific spot
----On the whole, they were able to gain land -
First tanks
GB deploys the first tanks (land battleships) ever used in war. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Germans sends a telegram to the Mexicans asking them to attack the U.S. in exchange for them getting the Southwest of the U.S. back.
The Americans receives it and sees it as an act of war -
The February Revolution
Russia leaves the war
----The Russian revolution was underway and the ruling Bolshevik party watned to focus on rebuilding Russia and fight lack of food and resources
----------People were starving, so they backed out
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The U.S. enters the war
The U.S. enters the war, which greatly helps GB and France
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The Battle of Cambrai
The Allies struggled to gain victories
----Led by the British
----Tanks were used
US ENTERS ENDS APPROX 20 DAYS AFTER
