... the Slavs of Bosnia, but the country was owned by Austria-Hungary at the time. Angered, Serbian nationalists assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and lit the spark that set off World War I. From this point, alliances form on both sides, Germany on Austria's and Russia on Serbia's. With their powerful back up, the two quarreling countries declared ... believed to be carrying supplies. With the sinking of the Lusitania, President Wilson only threatened Germany at first, but in 1917, the attacks resumed and the US discovered the Zimmerman Note, in which Mex...

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... broke the promise and sunk the British Liner Lusitania on May 7th, 1915 with the loss of 128 American lives. Germany was very uneasy about American reaction and with a formal note to the American government that all neutral ships will not be shot if they head to a warning of not retreating or resistance. Germany made more promises and broke more promises ... but the final spark between the United States and Germany came on February 1st, 1917 when Germany decided to resume unrestricted submarine warfare. In the year 1916 Germans attacked the French passenger vessel, the ... ...

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