World War I

By hadibonan

  • Unrestricted submarine warfare

    Unrestricted submarine warfare
    The use of unrestricted submarine warfare was announced by Germany on January 9th, 1917. The use of unrestricted submarine warfare was to have a major impact on World War One as it was one of the main reasons why America joined the war.

  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson
    President Wilson had drawn up a series of peace proposal. Known as Fourteen Points, they outline a plan for achieving a just and lasting peace.

  • Influenza epidemic of 1918

    Influenza epidemic of 1918
    In the spring of 1918, a powerful new enemy emerged, the Spanish flu, as it was popularly know, it had spread through Europe, Russia, Asia, and to the US. This global epidemic was more destructive than the war itself, killing 20 million people worldwide

  • Armistice

    Armistice
    Kaiser Wilhelm II steeped down. German declared itself a republic. A representative of the new German government met with French commander Marshal Foch in a railway car near Paris, The two signed an Armistice, or an arrangement to stop fighting. On November 11, the war came to an end. Significant: the end of WW1.

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    the Treaty of Versailles between German and the Allies powers was signed on June 28, 1919, five years to the day after Franz Ferdinand’s assassination in Sarajevo.