World War I

By Monicaaldri
  • Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated

    Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated

  • Beginning of World War I

    Beginning of World War I

    Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia and France, and Great Britain declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
  • The sinking of the Lusitania

    The sinking of the Lusitania

    A German submarine fired on the British luxury steamship Lusitania killing 1195 people and fueling Anti-German sentiments in the United States.
  • U.S. declared war on Germany

    U.S. declared war on Germany

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    Signed by the Allied Powers and Germany. With Germany's war debts and its order of de-militarization, this treaty sowed the seeds for World War II.