World War I Timeline by Stone Moses

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Franz ferdinand was the Archduke of austria-hungary. A serbian extremist group poorly attempted to assassinate the Archduke. After the group gave up, one member in a sandwich shop, Gavrilo Princip, was able to assassinate the Archduke

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The germans took part in unrestricted warfare, so around 1,000 died in the Lusitania sinking. 128 Americans were killed in this, so this event made the USA less fond of the germans

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On August 2nd, 1914 the first wave of Germans passed through Belgium to reach France. When the Germans refused to leave Belgium, the British, who were allied with Belgium, joined the war.

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After the serbian extremist group assassinated Austria-Hungary's Archduke, the Austrians declared war on Serbia, which marked the start of the Great War

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The british intercepted a note from the Germans to Mexico, stating that if Mexico were to help germany invade the US, the Mexicans could keep some of the territory. This infuriated the US and caused them to start the process of declaring war on Germany.

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The Russians didn't have faith in Czar Nicholas, so a new provisional government was formed. Vladimir Lenin overtook the government and started the United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, CCCP in russian). This internal collapse of russia removed them for the war effort, allowing a place for the Americans

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After a couple of months, the declaration of war is finally made by the US and their army is mobilized.

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Wilson announced his 14 points to end the war and keep peace. points 1-5 addressed stopping and preventing another world war, points 6-13 addressed boundary changes. Wilson's 14th point was to create a world peace organization, now known as the united nations. the 14th point was wilson's most cherished.

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At the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of 1918, the germans ceased fire and ended fighting the war. This was the 1st step towards peace.

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On June 28th 1919, the Germans sign an unfair treaty stopping the war. The treaty of Versailles is what historians say is the cause of WWII

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