World War 1

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    World War 1

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
    On July 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Bosnia by Gavrilo Princip. This is what started WW1 because after the Archduke was assassinated France allied with Germany to get revenge on Serbia but Russia was allied with Serbia and they fought back.

  • Austria declares war on Serbia

    Austria declares war on Serbia
    Austria decided to declare war on Serbia because of Archduke Franz Ferdinand being assassinated. This also started a lot of other alliances with Serbia or Austria.

  • Lusitania sunk

    Lusitania sunk
    The Lusitania was a British boat that was torpedoed by German navy boats. The ship had both British people and Americans who all died because of the German U-boat

  • Battle of Verdun

    Battle of Verdun
    The Battle of Verdun started on February 21, 1916, and was the longest battle in WW1 ending on December 18, 1916. The battle was between the French and Germans and the French people were the ones who won the Battle of Verdun.

  • Battle of the Somme

    Battle of the Somme
    The Battle of the Somme was one of the first major battles in WW1. The battle was between the French and British against the Germans.

  • Zimmermann Telegram

    Zimmermann Telegram
    A German named Arthur Zimmermann sent a coded message to Mexico hoping to start an alliance against the United States. This was the final thing that made the United States join the war and declare war on Germany.

  • United States joins the war

    United States joins the war
    The United States joined the war on April 6, 1917, because German submarines went after American boats after the Zimmerman Telegram.

  • Russia drops out of the war

    Russia drops out of the war
    Russia dropped out of WW1 because a revolution started in Russia. Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk which officially dropped them out of the war.

  • Armistice

    Armistice
    On November 11, 1918, the Armistice was signed which stopped the fighting in WW1 and led to the end of WW1 The war lasted for 4 long years until the Armistice was signed.

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    On June 28, 1919, The Treaty of Versailles was signed which officially marked the end of WW1. It also ended the state of war between Germany and a lot of the Allied Powers.