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France and Prussia hadd a war, France lost really bad. France had to pay a lot of money to Purssia. The war lead to the Germany empire, the size was huge. This also lead to wanting revenge for the France.
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That way Wilhelm II helped create an alliance between France and Russia (formed in 1892) that became the basis for the future Triple Entente.
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Kiffrin Rockwell was born.
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The outcome of the war against the Japanese was a major blow for the Russians who lost most of the Baltic and Pacific fleet. The defeat also provoked a serious political crisis that led to the Russian Revolution of 1905.
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The British decided to enter into an alliance with France that came to be known as Entente Cordiale.
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Rockwell enrolls in Virgina military institute.
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In 1908, Austria-Hungary decided to cut out Bosnia and Herzegovina that was formally an integral part of the Ottoman Empire
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Moroccan Crises further reinforced the Entente Cordiale and increased the British hostility towards Germany.
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Turkish defeat revealed the weakness of the Ottoman army and disagreement between the European powers about the so-called Eastern Questions
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Serbia, Greece, Montenegro and Bulgaria formed the Balkan League, a military alliance against the Ottoman Empire. Within a few months, the Balkan allies stripped the Ottoman Empire of its possessions in the Balkans and divided the conquered territory among themselves
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At the beginning of the war America agreed to stay neutral. We did stay neutral throughout until 1916 near the end of the war.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Swinton proposed the idea of a new fighting vehicle. They had war vehicles earlier just not like the tanks.
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The majority of the war was at the Eastern and Western and also the war at sea.
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The trench wars lasted from the beginning to the end of the war. The trenches were about 6 ft deep and was in a zigzag formation. The enemy would be about 100 ft away facing you in between that is no mans land.
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In WWI they would use 5 gases which was tear gas, chlorine, phosphenge and disphongephene and lastly mustard gas.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were visiting another country and a gernade was thrown at the car, it just rolled off though. Later on they was turning around a man who wanted to kill the Archduke came up and shot him.
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On July 23, Austria-Hungary presented an ultimatum to Serbia. . A few days later, the Austro-Hungarian military invaded Serbia and started the war
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Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and Germany sign a secret treaty of alliance.
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Germany declares war on France
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Germany invades Belgium, leading Britain to declare war on Germany.
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Austria Hungary invades Russia
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Agreements were made what the new vechile should have and not have.
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In 1914 British air men were part of the British military.
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The Christmas Truce was a one time thing after it happened the generals did not want it to happen again. It was on the western front and all men came out of their trenches and greeted their eney without any weewapons.
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The Red Baron was the big bully in the air. Any other flyer was scared of him. Eventually though he was shot down and killed.
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The people who lived on the outerbanks was so close to the Uboats that they seen the boats explode.
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The war at sea was where boats fired at wach other and the German Uboats boats came into play. The uboats struck any enemy ship, they also hit a passenger ship that had ammunition on it, the name of the ship was the Lusitaina.
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Western Front- Fought in 6 foot trenches and in between the enemies were noman's land\ Eastern Front: Fought in the dessert and rode camels and other animals like horses. War at Sea- Fought on the sea with ships and uboats. The Uboats used explosives to blow the other ships up.
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1.4 million tons of allied goods were lost due to the U-boats.
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President Wilson declares war with imperial Germany.
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We gave army, ammunition, and much more to help the allied and beat the enemy
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Private Gunter was the last american death of WWI he was walking into a german ambush at the final minutes of the war. They do not know if he is the victim or hero. They will not know either, because they were not there.
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This ended the war, Novemeber 11 1918 at 11:00 am. It was the eleventh month of the eleventh day on the eleventh hour.
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14.. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
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Wilsons 14 points were calling peace after war. The 14 points were...... 1. no secert international understanding 2. Freedom of exploring the seas 3. removble of economical barriers 4. guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety
5.Open minded of all colonial claims 6. Evacuation of Russian terriotory 7. Belgium be evacuated and restored 8. French terriotory be freed -
9.readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality
10. Austria HUngary freed to freest opportunity to autonomous development.
11.. Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated; occupied territories restored
12. The turkish portion of the present Ottoman Empire should be assured a secure sovereignty
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They had to give up the submarines, military materials and they could only have a certain number of military.
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Over 60 million people were killed, which was over 3% of the 1939 world population
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The economic of the US plummeted. After the 1920s the great depression happened, there were no jobs fewer resources, and even less money.
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To finsih the great war was hard for everyone the soldier and his family. Many people lost their lives abttling for freedom and space. Many people was hurt or killed by people just like them. But like all bad things it finally came to a end!
