significant battles and turning points

  • Triple Alliance

    Triple Alliance
    The Triple Alliance was the military alliance among Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy
  • **Franz assasination

    **Franz assasination
    Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed in Sarajevo, because he was heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
    The serbs (only 6) wanted to assasinate him because they were living in poverty because of Austro-Hungry.
  • Schlieffen Plan

    Schlieffen Plan
    Schlieffen Plan led to Britain declaring war on Germany on August 4th, 1914.
  • Battle of Mons

    Battle of Mons
    british retreat
  • Battle of Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes

    Battle of Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes
    Russian army defeat
  • Battle of Marne

    Battle of Marne
    Turning point in the war
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    Battle of Marne

    Turning point of the war
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    First Battle of Ypres

    Race to the sea
  • First Zepplin raid on Britain

    First Zepplin raid on Britain
    Civilian Casualties
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    Sinking of Lusitania

    American involvment
  • **Sinking of Lusitainia

    **Sinking of Lusitainia
    Torpedoed by german u boat
    2:10 - 2:28 (14:10 - 2:28)
    North Atlantic Ocean, near Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland
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    Battle of Verdun

    The secret way
  • Battle of Jutland

    Battle of Jutland
    The only naval battle.
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    Somme Offensive

    Verdun diversion
  • Battle of Fromelles

    Battle of Fromelles
    A feint
  • **Germany's unrestricted warefare campaign started.

    **Germany's unrestricted warefare campaign started.
    When germany entered the war, it wanted to damage trade, treaties.
    Germany becomeing more powerful, used thier u boats to torpedo brittish mercheant ships and damgage brittish trade.
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    Battle of Cambrai

    Tank tactics
  • Armistice between Germany and Russia signed

    Armistice between Germany and Russia signed
    Impact on the Western Front
  • Armistice

    Armistice
    German delegation
  • Surrendered German fleet at Scapa Flow scuttled

    Surrendered German fleet at Scapa Flow scuttled
    Admiral Ludwig von Reuter's reasoning.