HIST 1F95 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aristide Briand, Hans Von Seeckt, Brusilov Offensive
13 Dec 2016
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Kaiser william ii promised german support for austria against. Germany declared war on france and invaded belgium. Russian army defeated at tannenburg and masurian lakes. Trench warfare started to dominate the western front. The first zeppelin raid on britain took place. The lusitania was sunk by a german u-boat. British forces surrendered to turkish forces at kut in. First use en masse of tanks at the somme. France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the western front. Battle of caporetto the italian army was heavily defeated. Britain launched a major offensive on the western front. 1917 october with financial help from imperial germany the bolshevik party under lenin manages to attain power in russia. 1918 march 3 in the treaty of brest-litovsk the war with russia is ended. Russia renounces any authority in poland and the baltic states and acknowledges the independence of ukraine and finland.
