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earlier days
early 1990s , an arms race had begun between geat britian and germany as oth nations raced to build warships. As this went on britian convinced the british to establish closer relations with france and russia. The british still refused to sign a formal alliance, so theirnew relationship with the french and russians and they became known as the triple ententer -
The Start of WW1
On July 28,1914 WW1 had started. There was 40 years of peace before tension among Europian nations were building. From late 1800s and early 1900s a # of factors created problems among Europe and set stage for a monumentl war. -
sinking of the lusitania
The British passenger ship, sunk after a mysteriuos second exspolsion ripped he liner apart. within 18 minutes the giant ship was beneath the sea. it took two big hits one by the german submarine U20 slammed into her side and the 2nd was mysteriuos . -
battle of the somme
The Battle of the somme, also known as the somme offensive was one of the largest battles of the river in Francs, it was also one of the bloddiest military battles in history. by the end the allis and central powers would lose more than 1.5 million men. -
USSR withdraws from the War
1,700,00 Russian soliders were dead Alexander kerensky hoped to negotiate a peacesful withdral, but niether germany nor russians allies accepted this solidersn stopped talking orders from officers and went home to support the october revolution, which took russia out of the war. -
the end
final allied push towards the german border began on Oct,17 as te british, french, and american armies advanced, the alliances between the central powers began to collasp signed the war over.
