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Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the prince imperial of austria and royal prince to hungary and bohemia. He was heir to the Austro-Hungarioan throne. His death created a war in Serbia, this cause the triple alliance and the triple entente. -
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World War 1
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The Great War (WW1) begins
Austria delcares war on Serbia causes the Great War or WW1 it began in Europe that began in the summer. This was one of the largest wars in history. -
Battle of Tannenburg
The Battle of Tannenburg was a decisive engagement between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in the first days of WW1.This battle resulted in complete destruction of thye Russian Second army. -
The Siege of Przemyśl ends
The Siege of Przemyśl was one of the greatest siegens of the first World War and a crushing defeat for Austria-Hungary.the Austro-Hungarian garrison surrendered on March 22, 1915 after holding out for a total of 133 days. -
Serbia is invaded by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria.
The Serbian Army declined severely towards the end of the war, falling from about 420,000, at its peak to about 100,000 at the moment of liberation. The Kingdom of Serbia lost 1,100,000 inhabitants during the war -
The French recapture Fort Douaumont near Verdun
the fort was easily captured by a small German raiding party. Douaumont was later recaptured by the French army in October 1916, after major casualties on both sides. -
The United States of America declares war on Germany
The British, led by Frederick Stanley Maude, recaptured the city, but the Ottoman garrison there did not get trapped inside (as had happened to Townshend's troops in the previous year when the Ottomans had besieged Kut in the Siege of Kut): the Ottoman commander, Kâzım Karabekir Bey, managed a good-order retreat from the town of his remaining soldiers (about 2,500), pursued by a British fluvial flotilla along the Tigris River. -
Artillery bombardment of Paris
The Paris Gun was a German long-range siege gun used to bombard Paris during World War I. It was in service from March-August 1918. When it was first employed, Parisians believed they'd been bombed by a new type of high-altitude zeppelin, as neither the sound of an airplane nor a gun could be heard. -
Battle of Doiran, The Bulgarians halt the British and Greek advance
The third Battle of Doiran was fought from 18 September to 19 September 1918, with the Greeks and the British assaulting the positions of the Bulgarian First Army near Dojran Lake. The battle was part of World War I and took place in the Balkan Theatre. The battle ended with Bulgarians repulsing all attacks, but then retreating. -
World War 1 ends
By 1918 there were strikes and demonstrations in Berlin and other cities protesting about the effects of the war on the population. The British naval blockade of German ports meant that thousands of people were starving. Socialists were waiting for the chance to seize Germany as they had in Russia.
