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Archduke Assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria visited Sarajevo. He was then assassinated by Garvilo Principt of the black hand terriost group, or called Serbian nationalist. -
Serbia Denies Austria's Ultimatium, War Beings
Austria-Hungary requested a ultimatum the serbs had to punish officials involved in the assassination. They had to let Austria -Hungary into the investigation of murder. They had to stop all anti Austrian-Hungarian aggitaation. It was declined and Austria declared war on Siberia. -
Christmas Truce, Temporary Peace
The unofficial Christmas truce is declared. The men who lay shivering in the trenches embraced the Christmas spirit. In one of the truest acts of goodwill toward men, soldiers from both sides in the southern portion of the Ypres Salient set aside their weapons and hatred, if only temporarily, and met in No Man's Land. -
Blockades All Over The Place, Illegal Blockades
Bitish blockaded Germany, they didn't just block war materials. They blocked food and clothing, this was a law tha you were not allowed to do this. This caused food shortages and lead to Germany blockades on Britain. They threatened to blow up any ship taking supplies to Britain. This came to bite them in the butt. Luistania (which was blown up with 128 americans killer) was one of the deciding factors in USA's decision to join the ally -
Batttle of Verdun
1916: February 21 - The Battle of Verdun begins. The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War 1 and was one of the bloodiest battles. This was important to world war 1 because it shows how severe world war 1 was -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Germans sent a note to Mexico to convince Mexico to join th war but the British intercepted the note and decode the messaage this was important to the War because this boosted the allies morale and it was one of the reasons the americans joined the war -
Russias Government is Overthrowned
The Bolsheviks over threw Russian government and took control of Russia this was important to the war because Russia had to drop out of the war and Germany just had to focus on the western front because all the pressure was off on the east -
President Woodrow Wilson issues 14 points
President Woodrow Wilson creates the 14 points which laid out a policy of free trade, open agreements, democracy and self determination. -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles is signed by Germany stating the fact that they had to pay for all of the war reparations and damages and that they can not start another war which was a leading cause to world war 2
