Schlieffen was a Chif of General Staff in the war. He feared that France and Russia would join together to fight Germany. He wanted to come up with a plan that could fight Russia in the east and France in the west if they teamed up against Germany. This eventually became known as the Schlieffen Plan. This plan was supposed to be a quick fight against Russia and France but instead it resulted in a stalemate and lasted for a couple of years.
Arthur Zimmermann
Arthur Zimmerman was responsible for the Zimmermann Telegram which resulted in the United States joining the war. Zimmermann was Germany's Foreign Secretary in November 1916. He sent the telegram to the German Embassy in Mexico on January 19, 1917. This telegram said that Germany would help Mexico reconquer the land that it had lost to the United States if Mexico would ally itself with Germany. When the British intercepted the telegram they decoded it and sent it to the United States. This cause the Americans to get involved in the war and fight against Germany.
Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip, 19 years old, was the man that assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife when they visited Sarajevo, Bosnia. Princip was part of the Black Hand which was a secret society that wanted to rid Bosnia of Austrian rule. After he killed the archduke he was instructed to commit suicide. He was given a phial of cyanide, a revolver, and grenades.
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