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World War 1

By GenesisA123

  • Assissination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assissination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I.

  • Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns

    Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns
    Armies are forced to dig trenches to get away from machine gun. There is very little movement.Due to stalemate, troops dug trenches​
    On the Western Front, troops dug trenches from Swiss border to English Channel​
    "no man's land" - the land between Allied trenches and Central Power trenches. A rough barren landscape with crater from artillery fire.
    Rats, disease, shellfire, body lice, trench foot​
    Trench foot - feet become numb, change color, open sores...​

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania
    Great Britain announced intention to mine North Sea and transform it into a military area. German Government: Viewed action as both an illegal blockade and an attempt to starve out Germany. Great Britain's action led to retaliation on the part of Germans. May 7, 1915: German Submarine fired torpedo and sank ocean liner
    1,198 people killed - including 128 Americans. Took 18 minutes for liner to sink

  • Zimmermann Telegram

    Zimmermann Telegram
    A message calling on Mexico to join in a coming war against the US and promising to help it recover territory lost in the Mexican War of 1846-1848

  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution
    Russian revolution is revolution of Russia which carry socialism in Europe and all over the world. The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union.

  • U.S. entry into WWI

    U.S. entry into WWI
    On April 2, 1917, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on the Central Powers. On April 6, 1917 Congress declared war.

  • Battle of Argonne Forest

    Battle of Argonne Forest
    A 1918 successful Allied effort to push back German troops from a rail center in Sedan, France. This battle ws the beginning of the end for the Germans

  • Armistice

    Armistice
    an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.

  • Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

    Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
    They were listed in a speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson on January 8th 1918, explaining to Congress and the nation that WWI as being fought for a just cause. It also set the foundations for peace plans and was the basis for the German armistice

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    In June 1919, the peacemakers summoned representatives of the new German Republic to the palace of Versailles outside Paris. The Germans were ordered to sign the treaty drawn up by Allies. German reparations would come to over $30 billion dollars. They were forced to assume full responsibility for causing the war.