World War I

Franz Ferdinand Assassination

Jun 24, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated while visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. He was next in line for the Austro-Hungarian throne. The killings set off decades old tensions in Europe and started WWI.

Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia

Jun 28, 1914

This was the first use of a gas weapon by the Germans

Apr 22, 1915

This was when Germany actually used a gas weapon. This was taken at place Ypres, Belgium. This devastated the Allied Line.The Germans specifically used poison gas.

Sinking of Lusistania

May 7, 1915

On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England.

Woodrow Wilson re elction and how he won pledging American neutrality

Nov 7, 1916

Woodrow Wilson got re-elected in 1916. Woodrow Wilson won by pledging American neutrality. This means that he wanted the United States to be neutral in the war. Many americans supported this idea of not being involved in the war and being neutral in this war. The U.S. saught trade with both sides of the war meaning they traded with everyody who wanted to trade. U.S. got money in return for goods that they provided.

Zimmerman note

1917

The Zimmerman note was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German foreign office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the U.S. entering WWI against Germany.

U.S. declares war

Apr 6, 1917

The U.S. declared war because Germany pushed the United States over its edge. The Zimmerman note was the breaking point for the United States. Germany also sunk ships of the U.S. making the United States upset.

Bolsheviks overthrow Russian government

Nov 7, 1917

This took place on November 7, 1917. What happened was Russia's Bolsheviks overthrow russian government led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.

WWI ends

Nov 11, 1918

In this war Germany issued the end of the war. This happened because the U.S. had entered the war and their soldiers were doing good, the german navy was on strike therefore the german navy was not cooperating and not following any of the orders that the head was giving them, and the Triple Alliance had been damaged by failing the Schlieffen Plan and the Verdun Offensive Plan.

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

This treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. This was signed in Paris in Versailles. Under the treaty Germany had to pay large amounts of money for reparations. The sum of the reparations was 6.6 billion euros. This was a debt Germany could not pay.