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Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
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Austia-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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World War 1
World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. -
Ottoman Empire & Germany sign a secret treaty of Alliance
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Gemany Declares war on France
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The Western Front : Trench Warfare
Allied and German forces begin digging the first trenches on the Western Front on September 15, 1914. -
The Western Front : Christmas Truce
Occurring on December 24-25, 1914, Christmas Eve and Day, the Christmas Truce saw a temporary halt to the fighting on parts of the Western Front. -
The Western Front : Chemical Weapons
Chemical warfare first appeared when the Germans used poison gas during a surprise attack in Flanders, Belgium, in 1915. At first, gas was just released from large cylinders and carried by the wind into nearby enemy lines. Later, phosgene and other gases were loaded into artillery shells and shot into enemy trenches. The Germans used this weapon the most, realizing that enemy soldiers wearing gas masks did not fight as well. All sides used gas frequently by 1918. Its use was a frightening develo -
The War At Sea : Battles
On April 25th , 1915 the Battle of Gallipoli begins. -
Sinking of the Lusitana
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The War At Sea : U-Boats
On May 7th , 1915 , the passenger liner Lusitania , was torpedoed by a German U-Boat . Nearly 1,200 civilians lost their lives . -
Kiffin Rockwell
On May 18, 1916 Kiffin Rockwell became the first American Pilot
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Tanks
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette was the first occasion that tanks were used in battle. -
U-Boats
January 31 , 1917 is the day that the Germans Unleashed the
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Begins
On January 31, 1917, Bethmann Hollweg went before the German Reichstag government and made the announcement that unrestricted submarine warfare would resume the next day, February 1 , 1917 . -
The Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was published in the United States on Mar 01, 1917. -
The Eastern Front : Russian Revolution
A mass protest by Russian civilians in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) erupts into a revolution against Czar Nicholas II and the war. Within days, Russian soldiers mutiny and join the revolution. -
U.S. Entry into the war
The US entry into WW1 on April 6, 1917 began two and half years after the start of the war on July 28, 1914.
Contributions : The United States provided the Allies with a major amount of resources such as ammunition, raw material and money starting in 1917. -
Wilson's 14 Points
The "Fourteen Points" was a statement given on January 8, 1918 by United States President Woodrow Wilson declaring that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and calling for postwar peace in Europe. -
End Of The Eastern Front : Russian Revolution
On March 3rd , 1918 the Russian Revolution Came to an end as a result of the new Bolshevik Government . -
The Red Baron's death
Baron von Richthofen, "the Red Baron" is killed in air dog-fight. -
Outerbanks
A German U-Boat sunk the Lusitana and starts the outerbank attacks using U-Boats . -
America's Last Casualty ( Private Gunter )
Henry Nicholas John Gunther was an American soldier and the last soldier killed during World War I. He was killed one minute before the Armistice at 11 a.m. -
Armistice
The Armistice began at on 11th November 1918 at 11am (French time) - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The Armistice itself was agreed 6 hours earlier at 5am with the first term of it being that fighting would end at 11am.
