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{US} President Woodrow Wilson declares US policy of Neutrality
World War I erupted across Europe, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would remain “impartial in thought as well as in action.” -
{EU} the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot and killed in Sarajevo by a member of the Black hand. this is considered to be the spark of the war . -
the first declaration of war
Germany declare war on France and due to this britain declare war on Germany -
The Battle of Tannenberg[EU]
this battle is fought between Germany and Russia. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. -
Sinking of the Lusitania{US,EU}
the lusitania is torpedoed by the german U-boat, U-20. this causes the death of more than 120 Americans -
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battle of the somme
The Battle of the Somme, fought in France, was one of the bloodiest of World War One. For five months the British and French armies fought the Germans in a brutal battle of attrition on a 15-mile front. The aims of the battle were to relieve the French Army fighting at Verdun and to weaken the German Army. -
Woodrow wilson reelected president
Incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson defeated Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate. -
the Russian revolution
took place in 1917 when the peasants and working class people of Russia revolted against the government of Tsar Nicholas II. They were led by Vladimir Lenin and a group of revolutionaries called the Bolsheviks. The new communist government created the country of the Soviet Union. -
Wilson ask for a declaration of war
President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, “The world must be made safe for democracy -
congress passed the declaration of war{US]
four days after the president ask for war, the congress voted overwhelming in favor of war(82-6] -
Spanish Influenza
The 1918 influenza pandemic was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people around the world -
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spring offensive
The Spring Offensives of 1918 were Germany's last attempt to defeat the British and French armies on the Western Front, and thereby win total victory. Their failure by the mid-summer left the German army fatally weakened, demoralized and facing its own imminent and inevitable defeat through an Allied counteroffensive. -
Armistice
ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany. Previous armistices had been agreed with Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.