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(EU)Archduke Franz Ferdinand Shot in Sarajevo
The Archduke of Austria-Hungary was killed in Bosnia by Gavrillo Princip. It is often considered the spark for World War which would grow because of entangling alliances. -
(EU)Germany declares war on France
Germany declared war on France because France was allied with Russia and Germany knew that Russia was expanding their military and economics which meant that they could possibly attack Germany. -
(EU)Britain declares war on Germany
The reason for the declaration of war on Germany from Britain was because Germany had refused to remove troops from neutral Belgium. -
(EU)German invasion of Belgium
Since Germany declared war on France, but they wanted to go around France to avoid the wall France had built. To do this, Germany sent their troops to cross Belgium but when the Belgians got would not let them in, the Germans decided to enter by force and invaded Belgium. -
(UK) Sinking of the Lusitania (1915)
A British passenger boat was sunk by Germany. A German U-Boat torpedoed the ship killing 1200 people. The ship had American people in it as well and this later was one of the reason the U.S declared war. -
(US)Election of Woodrow Wilson(1916)
This election was the 33rd quadrennial presidential election. President Wilson led America through World War I. -
(EU)Zimmerman Note
The Zimmerman note was a secret way of communicating. The German Foreign Office wanted to propose a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. -
(US)Wilson asks for Declaration of War
The decison for entering the war was influenced by the German U-Boat that torpedoed a British merchant ship that was likely carrying munitions, killing 128 Americans. It was also influenced by the Zimmerman Telegram that said that Germany could help Mexico reclaim U.S. land. -
(US)The United States Declares War
President Wilson signed the joint resolution and the United States entered WWI on the side of France and Britain -
(US)Congress passes the Espionage Acts (1917)
Two months after America declared war with Germany, they passes the Espionage Act. This act prohibited US citizens from disclosing any information related to the war. -
(US)Spanish Influenza 1918
This pandemic was a virus that spread world wide. An estimate is that 50 million deaths occurred worldwide because of this virus. In the United States it was first seen in the military personnel. -
(EU)Battle of Cantigny
A battle fought in France against Germany and about 4,000 American soldiers captured the village of Catigny and this battle was the first major American offensive of the war. -
(US)American forces stop German attempt to cross the Marne River at Chateau-Thierry
The Marne River is a river in France where you had to cross for the Chateau-Thierry battle. Americans did not want Germans to keep attacking so they stopped them from being able to cross the Marne River. -
(EU)Armistice 1918
The armistice is an agreement between Germany, France and Britain and it meant that the fighting on land, sea and air would end. Germany asked for this because they knew they would not be able to win the war. -
(EU)Versailles Treaty
A treaty that Germany had to sign basically saying that they were guilty for the cause of World War I and having to apologize for it. This treaty brought the war to and end.
