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The Beginning
The beggining of this war was started by the assation of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip on June 28 1914 the war started a month later. -
Declares War
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia -
The First Invasion
Germany invaded Belgium following a strategy know as the Schlieffen Plan this was the first move in the war. The US remained out of the war for it did not concern our people. -
Britian joins in the war
Germany declared war on Belgium. They invaded in a right flanking move designed to defeat France quickly. As a result of this invasion, Britain declares war on Germany -
The Battel of Frontieres
27,000 French soldiers die on this single day in an offensive thrust to the east of Paris, towards the German borders -
Sinking of the Ship
U-boat sinks the Lusitania. 1,198 civilians, including 128 Americans die -
Willson warns germany
US President Wilson publicly warns Germany not to continue unrestricted submarine warfare policies -
Re-election
Woodrow Wilson re-elected President of the United States with campaign slogan: He kept us out of the war -
Selective Services Acts
The United States passes the Selective Service Act empowering the Federal Government to draft men for the armed forces. -
Influenza
Two waves of influenza kill more people than did the war
Due to close quarters
Unclean conditions
and constant contact with other bodly fluid -
The End
At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the war ends as Germany and Allies sign an Armistice
