WW1
Franz Ferdinand
On the 28th June 1914 the great war started. War broke out when Serbia wasn't happy with how Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand was treating their country. A Serbian terrorist caught Franz in the car and killed him and his wife. Austria-Hungary weren't happy and joined with germany to fight. But Serbia got Russia. Then, France joined Serbia and Germany declared War. After that, Germany needed a plan to get to France to invade so, he invaded Belgium. But Britain were allies with Belgium and decided to join. After that other countries from all over the world came to fight and started World War 1.
Lusitania
The Lusitania was a boat from New York bringing men, women and children to the U.K. People didn't think they would be invaded because of the people on the boat but, just as they were getting near land a German U boat appeared. There were nearly 2000 people on the boat and over 1000 people died.
Christmas Truce
On 25th December 1914 the Germans invited Britain to put down their weapons and come out of the trenches to have a proper Christmas. They smoked cigarettes and sung carols. Then they found a ball and started to play football. They played for about half an hour until the ball got stuck on the barbed wire. Also they had a chance to bury the bodies of loved ones. But the fun was over when the officers found out and shot guns to make their troups go back in their trenches to fight.
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