World War I

  • Trple Alliance Expanded

    On Decemberfifth of 1913, the Triple Alliance expanded.
  • Assassination of Archdke Fronz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archdke Fronz Ferdinand
    On June 28 of 1914, Archduke Fronz Ferdinand was assassinated by a member of the Black Hand, Gavrilo Princip.
  • Austria declares war on Serbia

    Austria declares war on Serbia
    On July 28 of 1914, Austria declares war on Serbia causing Russia to mobilize their troops.
  • Germany Mobilizes

    Germany Mobilizes
    Germany begins to mobilize troops in preparation to declare war on Russia after they declined to stop mobilizing.
  • Germany declares war on Russia

    Germany declares war on Russia
    On August first of 1914, Germany declared war on Russia for not listening when warned to stop mobilizing for Serbia.
  • Lusitania sunk by U-boat

    Lusitania sunk by U-boat
    Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat on May seventh of 1915 causing the United States to join the war.
  • In Flanders Fields

    In Flanders Fields
    On May third of 1916, Surgon Lt. Col. John McCrae wrote the poem In Flanders Fields.
  • Zimmerman Note

    Zimmerman Note
    A telegram, called the Zimmerman Note was sent from Germany to Mexico to tell them to start preparing troops for war.
  • United States enters the war

    United States enters the war
    On April second of 1917, the United States officially enters World War I and Wilson states "Make the world safe for a democracy."
  • Treaty of Versailles

    On June twenty eighth of 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed crating the League of Nations.