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World War 1 Events
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Princip carries a .22 caliber Browning pistol as he and his gang members plot to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The young men have planned to kill Ferdinand with a bomb. P -
Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Lusitania had the misfortune to fall victim to torpedo attack relatively early in the First World War, before tactics for evading submarines were properly implemented or understood. -
Battle of the Somme
he Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme, German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the River Somme in France. -
US Declares War
The American entry into World War I came in April 1917, after two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States neutral during World War I. -
World War 1 Ends
The final Allied push towards the German border began on October 17, 1918. As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers began to collapse. Turkey signed an armistice at the end of October, Austria-Hungary followed on November 3.
