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WWI Timeline
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Woodrow Wilson is elected President
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife are assassinated in Sarajevo.
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Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
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As an ally of Serbia, Russia announces full mobilization of her armed forces.
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Germany mobilizes her armed forces and declares war on Russia.
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Germany declares war on France.
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Germany declares war on neutral Belgium and invades in a right flanking move designed to defeat France quickly. As a result of this invasion, Britain declares war on Germany.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.
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Wilson declares U.S. neutrality in war in Europe
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German army, led by Erich Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg achieves its greatest victory of the war on the Eastern front against Russia at the Battle of Tennenberg.
Agust 26-30 -
Unofficial Christmas Truce declared by soldiers in the trenches along the Western Front.
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War becomes "Total War" with German Zeppelin air raid on England
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Tsar Nicholas takes command of the Russian armies.
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British use gas in battle near Loos, but shifting winds cause 60,000 British casualties.
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Sir Douglas Haig becomes commander of British Expeditionary Force.
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The longest battle of the war, the Battle of Verdun, is fought to a draw with an estimated one million casualties.
February 21 - December 18 -
US President Wilson publicly warns Germany not to continue unrestricted submarine warfare policies
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The Battle of the Somme results in an estimated one million casualties and no breakthrough for the Allies. British introduce the tank, an effective weapon but far to few to make much of a difference.
July 1-November 18 -
Rasputin, the self-avowed holy man and confidant to the Tsarina, is murdered by relatives of the Tsar.
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United States delares war on Germany
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New York sends 367, 864 soilders to the war, making up to almost 10% of all American military personnel.
1917-1918 -
Reich Foreign Secretary Zimmermann's telegram to Mexico urging her entry into war against the United States is discovered and translated by the British.
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The U.S. delcares war on Germany
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During World War I, German ships in New York Harbor are seized. A steel net is strung across Verrazano Narrows to stop German U-boats
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President Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war with Imperial Germany.
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French launch disastrous offensive at Chemin des Dames, advancing only 500 yards at the cost of 250,000 plus casualties.
April 16-29 -
The United States passes the Selective Service Act empowering the Federal Government to draft men for the armed forces.
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President Woodrow Wilson declares his 14 points as the path to permanent world peace.
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New York sent 367,864 soilders to the war, making up almost 10% of all American military personnel
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The 369th Infantry Regiment, made up of African American New Yorkers, recives France's highest medal for bravery. Influenza affects 500,000 New Yorkers, with 45,000 cases resulting in death.
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President Woodrow Wilson declares his 14 points as the path to permanent world peace.
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President Wilson agrees to co-operate with Allies in sending "volunteer" troops into Russia.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates.
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Armistice ends World War I
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At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the war ends as Germany and Allies sign an Armistice.
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Woodrow Wilson sets sail for the Paris Peace conference.
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U.S. Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles.
