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Russo-Japanese War
Russia loses war to japanese warships -
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bloody sunday
peacfully protestors were killed -
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia
Austria-Hungary was a large powerful country that was next to a small and weak group of states plagued by racial conflict. -
Germany invade Belgium
germany sends troops to invade belgium -
assassination of archduke franz ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed by black hand assassin Gavrilo Princip -
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france loses Alsace & Loraine to Germay
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germany invades belgium
The German invasion plan for France called for an attack through Belgium -
the schileffen plan put into action
the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia from response to international tension -
Russia mobilizes army
Russia mobilizes 6 million troops to serbia. -
sinking of lusitania
german u boats shoot down the lusitaina 128 americans killed -
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battle of verdun
The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest single battle of World War 1 -
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start of the battle of the somme
was one of the largest battles of the first World War 1 and also the bloodies battle and there was use of gases. -
Zimmerman telegraph found
Great Britain intecepts and decodes the massage stating that the German tried to get Mexico to go to war with America -
russian czar nicholas ii abicates
the peolpe of russia forced czar nicholas to sign an abication paper
nulifying all his power and forces him to leave russia -
us enters world war 1
After the sinking of the lusitania and the interception of the zimmerman tellegraph the U.S declares war on Germany -
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october revolution
also called the Bolshevik Revolution, the Bolsheviks realized that they could not maintain power in an election-based system without sharing power with other parties -
fourteen points proposesd
Principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I -
treaty of brest-litovsk
peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers ended russias involvement in the war -
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Russian civil war
The main fighting was between the Red Army was communist which and the White Army who opposed communism. -
Armistice signed
Germans directed peace feelers towards the U.S. government led by president wilson this now ended the war between germany and the U.S -
Kaiser Wilhelm ii abdication
Principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I -
treaty of versailles
the peace settlement signed after World War 1 ended it was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris in June 28,1919 -
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stalin takes over russia
Stalin eventually outmaneuvered his rivals and won the power struggle for control of the Communist Party
