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On June 28,1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. This is one of the key events that started World War 1.
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A battle fought from September seventh to September twelfth. It resulted in a Allies victory against the German armies in the west.
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The battle of Tannenberg was a battle between Germany and Russia. It was the first month of World War 1. It resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian second army and its suicide of the Russian general, Alexander Samsonov.
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This tragic event occurred on May 7, 1915. This was carried out by the new military vehicle, the German U-boat.
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The British employ the first tanks ever used in battle, at deville wood. They were mostly used for breaking through enemy defenses and clearing paths for infantry.
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Germany continues using unrestricted warfare in European waterways. This draws the U.S. into the war. And ultimately brings the German defeat.
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The U.S. Congress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. There allies are France and Britain.
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Germany signs a peace treaty with the Bolshevik government of Russia. This peace treaty gives Germany a lot of land which allows them to move to the Western Front, causing serious problems for the U.S. and there allies.
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Forbes finds it difficult to completely describe what happened in Belleau Wood. He briefly described how horrible it was. He was part of the 4th brigade. They were supporting the front line with artillery.
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Corporal Allan Forbes was ordered to France. Forbes tells us that when he entered France, He noticed all the despair and death there was. He imagined France as being a beautiful country and it was the complete opposite. He tells us he was immediately sent to the battlefield that was infested with German soldier that took his friends life.
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300,000 American soldiers under the command of general Pershing fight through the German lines.
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He was stationed as a Machine gunner in the worst part of the battle. This battle was the turning point of the war. It was also the last German offensive attack. He tells as that he remembered pulling the trigger on hundreds of German soldiers thinking about his dead friends which lead him on.
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Allan Forbes tells us that going up the river he saw thousands of dead bodies. He noticed the disadvantages of the Germans if we had rushed the German offensive line. He could see thousands of Germans fighting and fighting. There were tanks everywhere and planes shooting at each other.
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He told us he was practically hugging the tank he used as cover. They threw gas in the German trenches and smoked them out and shot them.
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Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates, ending all German hope for winning. He goes to the Netherlands and secludes himself and writes a book about his experience in the war.
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An Armistice is signed and ended all war on the Western Front.
