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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand started with someone throwing a bomb at his car and when the driver saw it he sped up and drove off. A lot of people were impacted by the bomb so he wanted to go to the hospital to check on them but took the wrong turn while going there. But on that turn, there was Gavrilo Princip who was a member of a Bosnian Serb nationalist group and he saw him and assassinated him. -
Start of World War 1
After Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and Europe rapidly descended into chaos then other countries helped out these countries which started a whole WW1. -
Trench Warfare
When WW1 started there was only open land nothing to give them cover, they kept getting shot at in the open land so they had to make trenches. trenches were 6 or 7 ft deep and which could go all the way to 440 miles.They used trenches as protection from enemy fire. -
Germany begins naval blockade of Great Britain.
Germany began a naval blockade of Great Britain so the country wouldn't get supplies or other stuff from other countries so Germany began a naval blockade. -
German submarine sinks passenger liner
A German submarine sank the passenger liner Lusitania during the crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, killing 128 Americans. -
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary because of the emperor. The allies of Italy said they would provide them territorial gains but it cost Austria-Hungary. -
Germany begins the attack on Verdun.
Germany began the attack on Verdun to secure victory for Germany on the western front. -
The United States declares war on Germany.
The United States declared war on Germany because the United States got mad at Germany's repeated submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships. -
United States forces won the Battle of Cantigny
United States forces are victorious in the Battle of Cantigny, the first independent American operation. After sending all those men and artillery they finally won there battle. -
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.
Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany because it was forced on the Bolshevik government by the threat of further advances by German and Austrian forces -
American women recruited to serve
American women recruited to serve as bilingual telephone operators for the AEF arrive in Europe. Since there were no men working for their homes women had to start working -
Peace conference begins at Paris
On this date, a peace conference was set up and began in Paris for WWI. -
Allied and German representatives sign treaty of Versailles.
Allied and German representatives signed a treaty of Versailles and then the United States signed a treaty of guarantee, pledging to defend France in case of an unprovoked attack by Germany. -
Treaty of Versailles takes effect.
After they signed the Treaty of Versailles it finally took effect months later peace started coming in. -
United States signs separate peace treaties.
The United States signed separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary.