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Web of Alliances
This created two camps bound by commitments to mantain sovereignty or intervene military. -
The Triple Alliance
Linked Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy -
The Triple Entente
Linked France, Great Britain and Russia -
Germany expanded their navy
However, the naval race was never a real contest for the British. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was Shot and killed
He was shot and killed by a Serbian man who thought Serbia should control Bosnia instead of Austria. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Because its leader had been shot, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. -
Britain declared War on Germany
It became known as The Great War because it affected people all over the world. The war was fought between "The Triple Allianze" and "The Triple Entente" -
The Battle of the Somme
Long ditches were dug in the ground. Soldiers lived in the trenches and sometimes climbed out to attack. Around one million soldiers were killed, wounded or missing. -
The infusion of the American Troops
American troops provided resources into the western front and it finally tipped the scale in the Allies’ favor. -
Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies
At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. -
The Paris Peace Conference
Leaders and Representatives gathered and created and signed the Treaty of Versailles -
The Leage of Nations
This Alliance sets up to sort out disputes between nations fairly -
The Locarno Treaties
Germany accepts the Treaty of Versailles -
Germany joins the Leage of Nations
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Improving Internacional Relations
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Worldwide Economic Depression
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Japan leaves the League of Nations
After building an pacific empire for three years, Japan cuts ties with the leave of Nations. -
Hitler becomes leader of Germany and Germany leaves the League of Nations
They start rearming themselves and recover form the consequences of WW1 and their downnfall due to the Treaty of Versailles.
