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Kaiser Wilhelm II had become the ruler of Germany after he forced Bismark to resign. He was a proud and stubborn man, Kaiser Wilhelm did not want to share his power with anyone. Besides wanting to assert his own power, the new Kaiser was eager to show the world how mighty Germany had become.

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The Schliffen plan was made in Germany 1905, by General Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (it was named after him). This plan was used for the military in case of two-front wars, Germany would head east fastly to defeat France, then they'd return to Russia.

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The First Battle of the Marne was really important because it left the Germans (with their Schlieffen Plan) in defeat. This lead to Russian forces to invade quickly in Germany.

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In 1916, the British army moved their pressure off France, which then attacked German in the valley of Somme. More than 20,000 British soldiers were killed. At the end of the battle, both sides suffered over a half a million casualties.

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In 1914, Germany attacked near the town of Tannenberg. Germany then beat the Russian army which led them to retreat. Germany regained Prussia and got a bunch of guns and horses. 30,000 Russian soldiers were killed.

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Galon the western syripoli Campaign was known for it's effort to take the Dardanelles strait in February 1915. British, Australian, New Zealand, and French troops made repeated assaults on the Gallipoli Penunsula on the western strait. In May Gallipoli became another bloody stalemate.

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Zimmerman Note was made when Arthur Zimmerman gave Mexico's ambassador a note saying that Germany would help them reconquer the land it had lost to the United States if Mexico would ally itself with Germany.

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To end the war between Germany and Russia, they sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918. This treat was really hard on Russia because it required their Government to give some of their lands to Germany, which included Poland, Finland, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Later these nations gained their independence.

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Second Battle of Marne was important because back in Jul 1918 the Allies and Germans clashed at the Second Battle of the Marne. Leading the attack were about 350 tanks that rumbled forward, smashing through the German lines.

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On the 11th of November 1918 was when the Armistice ended hostilities between the Allies and Germany. they did not end WW1 itself but it was the agreement which stopped the fighting on the Western Front while the terms of the permanent peace were discussed