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the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
him and his wife were assassinated. they were shot. This event was the cause for the war. -
start of the war
the war started. Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated -
propaganda
every country was putting up propoganda anywhere that eyes could see. the point of propaganda was to guilt people to fighting for their country in the war. -
Trench warfare
trench warfare took place throughout the whole war, it is a type of war that is fought by digging trechnces in the groud and fighiting the other side at a distance. it is an older method of war. -
The battle of verdun
this battle was between the german and the french. It lasted 10 months long. French side won. Germany had to take troops from verdun and send them off to fight the battle of Somme. -
The battle of somme
the battle of somme was a 4 month battle between the french and the british that took place along the france river of somme. when it eneded there was around 1.5 million casualites. -
The battle of Vimy Ridge
The objective of this battle was for canada to take control of certain german grounds. Canada did capture vimy ridge in the battle, it was mostly taken over in the first day. Vimy RIdge is on the Douai Plains. This is the most important battle to Canada of World War 1. -
end of the war
the war ended. -
treaty of versailles
this treaty forced german to take blame for the war and pay repairs. and they had to reduce their army size to 100,000 men. The treaty of versailles was signed exactly 5 years after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
