WORLD WAR 1

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Jun 1, 1914

This was the smoking gun to start WWI.

Germany declares war on France + Russia

Jul 1, 1914

WORLD WAR 1 BEGINS

1st battle at Marne

Sep 1, 1914

Allies stop German advance on Paris

2nd Battle of Ypres

May 1, 1915

Germans use chemical weapons for the first time.....

Sinking of Lusitania

May 7, 1915

It was one of the worst disasters......
1,198 people died and 128 of them were Americans.....
American public opinion turned against Germany and the Central Powers.....

Battle of Verdun

Feb 1, 1916

French hold the line in longest battle of the war

Battle of Somme

Jul 1, 1916

Disastrous British offensive

U.S declares war on Germany

May 1, 1917

U.S Officials enter the war

3rd Battle of Ypres

Jul 21, 1917

Allied victory costs over half a million casualities

2nd Battle of Marne

Jul 1, 1918

The turning point of the war......
Allies advance steadily after defeating the Germans

Battle of Meuse-Argonne

Sep 1, 1918

American advance helps end the war

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

it established nine new nations.....