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Election of 1916 (US)
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(EU) The funeral of king Edward
It brought everyone together, which were the people that were going to go into war 4 years later -
(us) President Woodrow Wilson inaugurated
President Woodrow Wilson, who would serve as commander in chief during World War !, officially becomes president for the first of two terms -
(EU) Archduke Franz Ferdinand Shot in Sarajevo
On this day, the Archduke of Austria- Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event I often considered the spark for world war 1, which would grow because of entangling alliances. -
Germany attacks/ declares war on France
Germany declares war on France and attacks neutral Belgium -
Britain declares war on Germany
Great Britain declares war on Germany which is the start of WW1. -
Christmas truce 1914
a lot of unofficial ceasefires from the western front of ww1. They sung Christmas carols from across the line -
Germans fire
The germans fire shells with chlorine gas at the French lines -
sinking of the lusitania (us)
A year after world war 1 a German U boat torpedoed and sank the lusitania boat. -
Germany limits submarines
Kaiser Wilhelm upended unrestricted submarine warfare to keep the us out of war. -
US chases Pancho Villa (US)
Pancho Villa killed a lot of people and then the US got tired of him so they tired to kill him but couldn't. A president the made a treaty with him where he got a house in return. He was at peace for a while till they shot him. -
Battle of the somme (EU)
One of the greatest battles of world war 1. Also, one of the bloodiest military battle in history -
submarines back
Germany starts unrestricted submarine warfare in Europe waterways -
Woodrow Wilson asks congress for a declaration of war
President Wilson ask congress for a declaration war saying " the world must be made safe for democracy". Few days later congress voted for a war -
United States declares war on Germany
President Wilson ask congress for a declaration of war. Congress said yes and the United States was at war with Germany. -
US enters war
The us enters the war on the side of France and Britain -
Selective Service act
Congress passes the selective service act approving the draft -
Germany and Russia Peace
Germany signs a peace treaty with the new Bolshevik government which gives Germany a lot of land and allowed Germany to shift soldiers -
Battle of Cantigny
This battle is the first major American offensive of the war -
Chateau Thierry
Americans attacked the Germans at Chateau Thierry -
Battle of Belleau wood
Began by a US marine corps attacks the germans cross a field of wheat -
Germans win the Battle of Belleau Wood
The germans win the battle with the last expulsion
