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"The assasination that started it all"
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Duchess of Hohenberg ar -
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WWI Timeline
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Austria-Hungary retaliation
On this date in 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia -
Battle of the Marne
This battle first introduced trench warfare -
Ypres
The first battle of Ypres Begins -
Unofficial Christmas Truce
This truce was put into affect becuase there was not to be any fighting on christmas -
Germany declares "war zone" around Great Britain
Submarine Blockades were set up by the germans to keep out foreign vellels adn merchant ships that could conceal weapons and food for the enemy -
Ypres pt.2
The second battle of Ypres begins. Germans use poison Gas for the first time -
RMS Lusitania is sunk
Germany sinks passenger ship stocked with explosives -
Tsar Nicholas
Tsar Nigholas II takes personal control over armies in russia -
Battle of Verdun
The battle of Verdun turned out to be the longest and bloodiest battles of WWI -
Germany Sends Zimmermann Telegraph
Germany sends a secret telegraph to mexico in an effort to gain an ally in the war in return for US soil if they won -
Bolsheviks overthrow Russian Gov.
1917 Russian Revolution -
Fourteen Points speech
U.S president Woodrow Wilson adressed the people -
Germany sighn Armistice
Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th dat of the 11th month -
The End
The treaty of Versailles is signed and WWI is officially over
