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Assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand
Shot to death by a Bosnian Serb Nationalist "Black Hand" -
Austria Declared War on Serbia
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Germany declared war on Russia
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Germany Declared War on France
Germany invaded Belguim. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan. -
Britain declared war on Germany
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Turkey Enters the War on Germany's side
Trench warefare stat to dominate the western front. -
British Blockade on Germany
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Sinking of the Lusitania
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The Sussex Pledge
Germany promises not to attack cargo, merchants, and passenger ships as long as British followed international law. -
The sinking of the French Passenger Ship, Sussex
The Sussex was torpeodoed by the Germans. President Wilson threatened to break realtions with Germany. Led to the Sussex Pledge -
Congress Declares War on Germany
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Selective Service Act
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Seperate Peace Between Germany and Russia-Part1
An armistice was agreed upon and went into effect. Focus was no longer on the eastern front but on the western front. -
Seperate Peace Between Germany and Russia-Part 2
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litousk with the Central Powers, leaving the Allied war effort. -
Armistic Declared
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Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
ended WW1
