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france loses alsace/loraine to germany
during the franco-prussian war france lost alsace and loraine to germany. this caused alot of hate for germany from france -
russo-japenese war
a war between the russian empire and the empire of japan. The war was caused because of a disagreement over who had control of manchuria and korea. -
germany invades belgium
this is an important part of history because belgium had a long histiry of being neutral. belgium mobilized its army on the 31st of july. -
bloody sunday
this is important because at the time russia was ruled by a weak willed czar nicholas II. Bloody sunday was caused by a spark of internal dicontent which exploded into onr of the bloodiest revolts of history. -
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stalin takes over russia
this is important in russsia history because stalin was very close to lenin partly because of being part of many wars and in the military for so long. -
russia mobilizes army
This is important because it is basically an diret cause of WWI.Russia did not want to seem vulnerable to any other Europen countries. -
assasination of archduke franz ferdinand
the assasination of franz played a huge role in WWI. Basically the reason WWI was started in the first place. -
austria-hungary declair war on serbia
caused by the assasination of archduke franz ferdinand this is important because it was speculated to be the cause of WWI -
schlieffen plan
the schleffien plan was the name given to the invasion of france and belgium. Its important because the invasion was unsucsessful and ultimately led to the retierment of Helmuth von Moltke. -
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battle of marne
the battle of marne was an invasion by the French army and the British Expeditionary Force against the advancing Germans who had invaded Belgium. -
sinking of the lusitania
this is one of the reasons the U.S entered WWI. They were upset because it was a passenger boat. -
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battle of verdun
this is important because it was one of the largest battles of WWI -
zimmerman telegraph found
when the telegraph was found it gave the U.S much need information about a german-mexico alliance -
czar nicholas II abdicates
this was important because he was not trained to be a czar of russia. he was abdicated after during the russian revolution. -
U.S enters WWI
The U.S entering WWI is crucial because we were fighting along britian, france and russia. we were still salty at germany over the lusitania -
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russian civil war
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the Russian Revolutions.The outcome was a depression -
october revolution
the october revolution followed and capitilized on the november revolution and gave power to the local soviets. -
fourteen points
the fourteen points was very important because it was the ending of WWI, almost like a peace treaty -
treaty of brest-litovsk
the treaty waas a peace agreement between the soviet union and the cenrtal powers. This ended russias participation in WWI. -
battle of sommes
it was called the battle of somme because it was fought by the river of somme in france. It was also one of the bloodies battles in history -
armistice signed
the signing of the armistice was important because it ended fighting on the western front. it also marked the victory over germany by the allies -
kaiser wilhelm abdicates
this is important because he never wanted to go to war, but always boasted about being the supreme war lord. He was also blamed for the outbreak of the war -
treaty of versailles signed
important because it was one of the peace treaties of WWI which stopped all fighting -
austria-hungary annexed bosnia
after annexing bosnia servio and pan-slavio were enraged.
