The Beginning
Assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in 1914.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The "Triple Alliance" became this after the Ottoman Empire joined.
Central Powers
Tannenberg
President of the United States during World War I.
President Woodrow Wilson
In 1916 the battle of Verdun and this battle led to millions of casualties in one of the bloodiest summers of the WWI.
Somme
The name of the Serbian terrorist organization that was responsible for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
Black Hand
The nations of Britain, France, and Russia formed this alliance.
The Triple Entente
In the summer of 1916, Russian troops embarked on this offensive maneuver in order to gain an advantage on the Eastern Front.
Brusilov Offensive
The sinking of this cruise ship pushed the U.S. closer to war with Germany in 1915.
Lusitania
The Germans sought to break the stalemate by embarking on this ambitious military maneuver in the Spring of 1918.
Spring Offensive
The kaiser of Germany
Wilhelm II
The invasion of this nation led to Britain's involvement in the Great War.
Belgium
Russian communists
Bolsheviks
A term for American troops in France.
doughboys
Ended fighting on Western Front in Nov. of 1918.
Armistice of 1918
The tsar of Russia
Nicholas II
The German plan to knock France out of the war quickly by going through a neutral country in order to flank French troops and take Paris.
The Schlieffen Plan
The leader of the communist movement in Russia.
V.I. Lenin
Commanding general of the American Expeditionary Force in France.
Officially ended WWI.
Treaty of Versailles
The king of Britain
George V
The land between trenches along the Western Front.
No Man's Land
The treaty that ended Russia's involvement in World War I.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Zimmermann Telegram
The American role in the Hundred Days Offensive.
Meuse-Argonne Offensive