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Franz Ferdinand Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and hiss wife were assassinated while visiting Sarajevo,Bosnia. He was next in line for the Austro-Hungarian throne. The killings set off decades old tensions in Europe and started WWI -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Austria-Hungary blames Serbia for the assassination and then declares war. -
Battle of the Marne
one of the first battles in world war I. the battle was between Germany against France and Britain. Stopped the German advance from taking over France. This battle was made it clear the war would not be quick or easily won. Ended in a stalemate. -
First use of gas as a weapon by the germans
The Germans used poison gas to kill enemy soldiers. This was later countered by the use of gas mask to block the gas from getting into there lungs. -
sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania was a British passenger liner that was carrying some americans. This ship was destroyed by a German submarine. This angered many American. -
Wilson reelected; pledged American neutrality
president Woodrow wilson reelected in 1916. his campaign slogan was " He kept us out of war". He said he would remain neutral but he secretly supported the allies. -
Zimmermann note
this note was from the Germans and was for the Spanish. this note encouraged the spanish to declare war on the united states. It was intercepted by Britain forces. Then they showed it to the U.S. which made them very angery -
U.S. declare war
After a numerous amount of disgraceful events the U.S. declares war on Germany. Then later join's the allies in the war. -
Bolsheviks led the lenin overthrow Russian government
led by Vladimir Lenin overthrew the Russian government and wanted to withdraw from the war to set up a communist country. led to the treaty of Brest-Litovsk which was a peace treaty with Germany and russia -
War Ends
After 4 years of war the allies finally defeat the central powers and win the war. This marked the end of "the Great War" as they had called it. -
Treaty of Versailles
peace treaty between the allies and Germany. its terms made Germany take full responcipilty and made them pay billions of dollars for the war.
