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Archduke is Murdered
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip. -
WW1 Begins
A month after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on July 28, 1914, the Austro-Hungarian government declares war on Serbia. Immediately, and within a period of six days, European countries declare war upon one another. -
Germans Advance
Allied forces halt German advance into France during First Battle of the Marne -
Germans want Great Britain
Germany begins naval blockade of Great Britain. -
The Allies land at Gallipoli
Allied forces land on the Gallipoli Peninsula of the Ottoman Empire -
Italy Declares War
Italy entered into the First World War in 1915 with the aim of completing national unity, for this reason, the Italian intervention in the First World War is also considered the Fourth Italian War of Independence, in a historiographical perspective that identifies in the latter the conclusion of the unification of Italy, whose military actions began during the revolutions of 1848 with the First Italian War of Independence. -
Battle of Verdun Ends
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse. -
United States of America war on Germany
On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked a special joint session of the United States Congress for a declaration of war against the German Empire. Congress responded with the declaration on April 6. -
American combat forces arrive in France.
World War I was the first time in American history that the United States sent soldiers abroad to defend foreign soil. On April 6, 1917, when the United States declared war against Germany. By the end of the war, four million men had served in the United States Army, with an additional 800,000 in other military service branches. -
United States signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary.
Finally World War 1 comes to an end where the United States signs peace treaties with Germany and Austria Hungary to finally end world war 1. Little did they know there was more to come in the future