Outbreak of WWI Events

Archduke Francis Ferdinand Assassinated

Jun 28, 1914

1. Nedjelko Cabrinovic threw a bomb at their car. but it missed.
2. Princip then fired at the car shooting Franz Ferdinand and Sophie.

Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia

Jul 28, 1914

1. one month to the day after Ferdinand and his wife were killed, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
2. This causes many of the Allies of each side to participate in the war to help protect their allies.

Germany Declares War on Russia

Aug 1, 1914

1. Germany then threatens Belgium after declaring war on Russia and on France.
2. They had strategy on how they were going to attack, but the attacks didnt always work.

Germany Invades Belgium

Aug 4, 1914

1. Germany invades Belgium to outflank the French army.
2. They also invade because Belgium wanted to stay neutral

German U-Boats Sink the Lusitania

May 7, 1915

1. It was a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England.
2. more than 1,900 passengers and crew members on board, more than 1,100 died including more than 120 Americans.

Germany Announces Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Feb 1, 1917

1. This incident made the U.S. send a strongly worded note to the German government demanding an end to the attacks against unarmed merchant ships.
2. By September 1915, the German government had imposed strict constraints on the operation of the nation’s submarines that the German navy had to stop U-boat warfare.

The Zimmerman Note is Discovered

Feb 24, 1917

1. The British discovered a telegram from Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause.
2. the was the messaged that dragged the United States into WWI and they declared war on britiain on April 6, 1917.

The United States Declares War on Germany

Apr 6, 1917

1. Wilson called a congress meeting o April 2 to discuss whether to delcare war on Germany.
2. the United States declared war upon Germany, only hours after Germany declared war on the United States.

The Russian Monarchy is Overthrown

Nov 7, 1917

1. forces that were led by Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Kerensky. 2.The Bolsheviks appointed themselves as leaders of government ministries and gained control of the countryside.

Germany Declares War on France

Aug 31, 1939

1. They declared war on France two days after declaring war on Russia.
2. Germany was going to use the Schlieffen Plan.