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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo (The Bosnian capital) as he rides in the city's streets, by Garvillo Princip.
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Germany sides with Austria/Hungary becoming the Centeral Powers as Britain, France, and Russia form the Allied powers.
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German troops entered Belgium and a battle pursued.
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Germany states they will sink any ships coming in or around Britain.
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A battle between the German and French armies, Germany attacking france there were very high casualties
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The national defense act increased the number of soilders in the regular army to about 175,000 people
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British forces suffered 60,000 casualties a day for four months leaving over a million dead/wounded. Trench warfare was also a big factor in this battle
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America's congress joins the war
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The selective service is a draft of me aged 18 to 45 to fight in WWI later utilised again in WWII
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The Espionage Act outlawed acts of treason
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Successful allied attack to remove the German armies, resulted in over 120,000 american casualties
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WWI was ended with the Battle of the Argonne Forest