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assassination of archduke franz Ferdinand
franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed
triggers WW1 -
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battle of tannenberg
this battle was between Russia and germany
showed how bad the Russian military was
wiped out Russian entire 2nd army
1 gun for every 2 men in the Russian army -
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Battle of Marne
Germany vs france and Britain
stoped German assault on France
Germany were halted at France
Both sides then dug trenches to fight -
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Battle of Gallipoli
this battle was between Britain and the Ottoman Empire
britain tried a naval invasion on ottoman empire and failed
Britain attempted to take over the capital of the Ottoman Empire
Britain wanted this because of the quick resupply route by sea to Russia -
sinking of Lusitania
German u-boat sinks passenger ship lusitania
germany sank many passenger ships with there U-boats -
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battle of Verdun
battle between Germany vs France
Verdun was longest battle on the western front
the battle lasted for 303 days almost a year
It turned into a attrition battle with tremendous casualties -
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Battle of Somme
largest battle in World war 1
over 1 million plus people died at this battle
First battle to see tanks being used in WW1
battle was between Germany and France -
March Russian revolution
Ended Tsar's reign of power
this is one of the 2 Russian revolutions -
Zimmerman telegraph
telegraph sent to Mexico from germany sent to distract the US from WW1 -
US joins WW1
joins because of Zimmerman telegraph being intercepted
germany messing with other allies of the US -
November Russian revolution
Puts the boleshiek party in power
follows the March revolution in Russia -
signing of the armistice
temporarily stoped the war
later followed by the treaty of versailles -
signing of the treaty of versailles
blamed germany for the entire war
made peace of the war
14 points of Woodrow Wilson included -
Creation of the league of nations
Tried to prevent future war.
Attempted to make a Alliance between all countries. -
creation of the USSR
communist group won called the Bolsheviks
the USSR is the "union of soviet socialist republic"
