1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, Germany invaded Luxembourg and Belgium. France invades Alsace. British forces arrived in France., Austria-Hungary invades Russia, 1915: Germany begins naval blockade of Great Britain, Allied forces land on the Galipoli Peninsula of the Ottoman Empire. , German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania, 1916: The Battle of Verdun, 1917: American Combat forces arrive in France, Russia signs armistice with Germany, 1918: President Woodrow Wilson presents to Congress this outline of Fourteen Points required for peace. , Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany, Germany begins its final offensive of the war. , Germany signs the armistice at Compiegne, ending the World War, 1919: Allied and German representatives sign the Treaty of Versailles, Paris Peace Conference, 1920: Treaty of Versailles takes effect. , 1921: United States signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary,

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