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World War 1
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on june 28 1914 by a member of the black hand. Gavrilo Princip shot Franz and his wife in there car he was a member a the black hand who didnt want Austria-hungaria you take over serbia. -
Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia
Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia after the black hand shot and killed archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Germany supports Austria hungary while russia supports serbia. -
Germany declares war on Russia and France
Germany declares war on france and russia because they knew that they would be pulled into a war with them when the helped out austria-hungary so they declared war on them both because they were in an alliance. -
Germany invades Belgium
Germany invaded belgium to get to france to take over paris so they wouldnt have to fight a war on two fronts. This was allpart of the Schlieffen plan made to invade france the down fall of this plan was germany had some resistance in belgium slowing them down and germany did not send all the troops that the plan had called for -
Britian and Canada declare war on Germany
Germany invaded belgium to get to france faster it was part of the Schlieffen plan that german had to invade france. belgium was neutral at the time so when germany invaded belgium britain declared war on them and in doing so canada was also thrown into war because they had to support britain -
USA President Woodrow Wilson declares policy of USA neutrality
on the 19 of august 1914 the president of america Woodrow Wilson addresed congress and said the the US would be neutral in the war because the fear of hurting US policy. -
Second Battle of Ypres
In the second battle of Ypres this was the first time the germans used chlorine gas which was outlawed at the time for the first time in the war. The allied men had to impervise because gas masks were not isued at that time they mainly had to pee into a rag and hold it over their mouth and nose to filter out the gas -
Poison gas used by Germany at 2nd Battle of Ypres
In the second battle of ypres the germans did something that was against international laws. They used chlorine gas in the battle which was outlawed -
Lusitania (british passenger Liner) sinks
The germans had said that anyone who sailed through there territory would be sunk by there U-boats and in may the lusitania was destroyed by a german U-boat for sailing in there territory -
Italy declares war on Germany
Italy was neutral in the begining of the war but after a while the look at the war and decided that they would join the allies even though they were apart of the triple alliance. They joined the allies because they saw there would be bigger benifets for them there -
Newfoundland regiment landing at gallipoli
The Newfoundland regiment landed at gallipoli on september 20 1915 after they laned the met up with the 88th Brigade of the 29th Division and were also shelled by the turkish military wounding 15 of them -
Battle of Somme
The battle of Somme was a slaughter. It lasted 5 months and 24000 canadians died during it. The allies made a heavy attack against the german ocupied city of Somme. For all the heavy loses on both sides the allies only gained 13 km -
USA declares war on Germany
The USA declared war on germany in april 6 1917 because the german government did not keep there promise to not let their U-boats go unrestricted in the atlantic and mediteranian sea -
Battle of Vimy ridge
In 1914 germans took vimy ridge from the french and the french and british tried to get it back with no success. They then gave the task to the canadians and the canadians had started the assualt on april 9 and had taken the ridge by april 12. -
Battle of Passchendaele
The canadians were called in to take the city of Passchendaele because of their victory at vimy ridge. Passchendaele was full of craters filled with mud and water it was a horror to fight in some men drowned in the muddy water and after it was all over their were over 200 000 people dead 15 000 canadians and the allies only gained 7 km -
Halifax Disaster
In the halifax harbor two ships collided the emo hit the SS Mont Blanc a ship holding 2500 tons of TNT the explosion completly destroyed the harbor and the explosion and fires started by the explosion leveled most of the city 2000 people were killed and 9000 were injured -
Year all British women subjects (over 21 years) can vote federally in canada
"An Act to confer the Electoral Franchise upon Women" was the act that gave all women in canada the right to vote on a federal level something that was already inplace in britain but was just not allowed in canada until this time -
German Republic is founded
When germany became a republic and was broken up into germany and poland -
Armistice Day
In november 11, 11am the armistice was signed in Compiègne France ending world war 1. every year on this day at the same time we stop and remember the people who have fallen in the line of duty for their country -
Paris Peace Conferance
This was the meeting of all the powers in the great war to decide who to make germany pay for the war and there losses and to make sure it doesnt happen again -
Treaty of Versailles
it was one of the treatys signed at the peace conferance in Versailles it was a peace treaty between germany and the allies
