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Heir to the Austria-Hungarian Empire Franz Ferdinand was murdered in June of 1914. He was despised by Serbians because they believed he planned a reform against Serb irredentism, so they killed him. He happened to be best friends with the Kaiser of Germany who didn't like this.

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On July 28, 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war because they were pissed that their archduke was murdered. Serbia was offered a ultimatum that they had rejected further escalating the situation.

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On August 1, 1914 Germany declares war on Russia in response to Russia mobilizing its troops to the border. Germany had originally requested the demobilization of troops to which they received to response.

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In late august 1914 Chemical warfare was introduced to WW1 in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. This sparked the chain reaction of using chemicals to make the lives of enemy soldiers unbearable.

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In May of 1915 the Lusitania was sunk by the Germans containing many American civilians. This furthered the push for America to join the war.

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This battle began in February of 1916. This was one of the bloodiest battles of the entire war. Verdun was important because the French were able to push back a major German offensive front.

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This happens to be one of the bloodiest battles in human history let alone WW1. Even though the British suffered many casualties in this battle they gain lots of experience on how to win on the western front.

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In april of 1917 America decided to join the war effort along with the allies. President Woodrow Wilson was quoted saying "this is a war against man kind, against all nations"

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In the year leading up to Germany's surrender Germany had suffered heavy casualties. they were also being pushed back on all fronts.

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In 1918 Germany signed the treaty of Versailles even though thy weren't invited to the creating of it. This officially ended WW1 an forced the Axis powers to pay billions in Reparations as well as take full blame for the war