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Assassinatio of Archduke Ferdinand
a teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, as their motorcade maneuvered through the streets of Sarajevo -
Schlieffen Plan
The schlieffen Plan was the opernational plan for a attacked on France once Russia started to moblize Russian forces near the border of Germany -
Trench Warfare Began
Trench warfare begun in septemeber 1914 -
Christmas truce along the western front
The Christmas Truce was a series of unoffical widespread ceasefires along the western front around the Christmas of 1914. -
Germans introduce poison gas
German forces shock Allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom -
Sussex Pledge
The sussex pledge was a promise made during WW1 by Germeny to the United States -
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Battle of Verdun
The battle of verdun was one of the largest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French forces -
Zimmerman Telegram
Zimmerman Telegram a message from the german forign secretary, to the german ambassador proposing an aliiance in the case of war between the United States and Germany -
General John J. Pershing became AEF leader
In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson selected Pershing to command the American troops being sent to Europe -
President Woodrow Wilson asked for declaration of war
President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany during WW1 -
Committee on Public Information formed
The Committee on Public Information, also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States created to influence U.S. public opinion regarding American participation in World War I -
Selective service act became law
The selective service act authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the entry into WW1 -
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The Battle of Argonne Forest
The battle of argone forest was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front, lasting 47 days -
Word War 1 ended
Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated
