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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and His Wife Sophie
On June 28th, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip because of his perceived threat to Serbian independence. This later brought on the bloody war that took place until November 11th, 1918. -
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World War 1
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
A month after the assassination Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. -
The declarations of War
Germany declared War on Russia, France, and Belgium. Britain declared War on Germany. Austria declares war on Russia. Montenegro declared war on Austria. France declared war on Austria, Britain Declared war on Austria, Montenegro declared war on Germany, Japan declared war on Germany, and Austria declared war on Belgium. -
The battle of Marne
The Germans had advanced to within 30 miles of Paris, but over the next two days, the French are reinforced by 6,000 men who are transported through taxis. The Germans dig North of the Aisne River and start trench warfare. -
The Battle of Ypres
The German army initiates the modern era of chemical warfare by launching a chlorine attack on Allied trenches. Some 5,000 French and Algerian troops are killed and in the end there was about 1.3 million casualties -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
A passenger boat called the Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat with a torpedo off the southern coast of Ireland killing 1,200 people 128 of them being Americans. -
The Battle of Verdun
Over 10 months of fighting the French and German armies at Verdun, France, suffer over 700,000 casualties, including some 300,000 killed. -
Battleship Warfare
The British and German fleets meet 60 miles off the coast of Jutland, Denmark, in the war’s only major encounter between the world’s two largest sea powers -
The Battle of Somme
The British want to draw German attention from Verdun in one day 20,000 were killed marking the bloodiest day in the history of the British army and after 4 and a half months of fighting it was concluded there were 1,000,000 casualties -
The Zimmermann Telegram
Germany attempted to send Mexico a telegram to ally together against the United States in the case that they ultimately join the war against them. The united States intercepted the message which pushed them to officially join the war against Germany and its allies. -
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates the throne
after a week of riots in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg The Russian Revolution saw the overthrow of the Romanov dynasty and, ultimately, the rise to power of Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks. -
United States Joins the war
The United States declares war on Germany. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson had used The Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmermann Telegram”as the main reasons behind him going back on his word of neutrality. -
The Germans Show Weakness
A British offensive at Cambrai, France, marks the first large-scale use of tanks in combat. Attacking with complete surprise, the British tanks ripped through German defenses in depth and took some 7,500 prisoners at low cost in casualties. -
The Soviets Chose Peace
the Soviet government concludes a separate peace with the Central Powers when it accepts the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. -
The Ending
The Treaty of Versailles is signed and the war concludes.