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more info from history.commore infoArchduke Franz Ferdinanad is assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is the event that sparks World War I.
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moreinfofirstworldwar.comGermany invades Belgium, beginning World War I
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history.comfirstworldwar.comThe first land battle of the war, as the German Second Army crossed the frontier into neutral Belgium so as to attack France from the North. This is where Max Bauer's Military carrer began as the pre-eminent expert in artillery matters.
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history.comfirstworldwar.comIn October 1914 Max was instructed to start up research into ways of generating smoke, fire, or tear gas, that could could work its way through snadbags and dugouts
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greatwar.comhistory.comThe Germans fire shells filled with chlorine gas at Allied lines. This is the first time that large amounts of gas are used in battle, and the result is the near-collapse of the French lines. However, the Germans are unable to take advantage of the breach
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pbs.comhisotry.comA German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans.
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firstworldwar.comhistorylearningsiteThe British employ the first tanks ever used in battle, at Delville Wood. Although they are usefual at breaking through barbed wire and clearing a path for the infantry,
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firstworldwar.comhistory.comReactiong to international outrage at the sinking of the Lusitania and other neutral passenger lines, Kaiser Whilhelm suspends unrestricted submarine warfare. This is an attempt to keep the United States out of the war, but it severely hampers German efforts to prevent American supplies from reaching France and Britian
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history.comairships.netPaul von Hindenburg was Max Bauer's boss at the time so max was asked to collaberate with him at the time and help him develop the Hindenburg. The program caused the transportation crisis and the massive lack of coal and steel due to the mismanagement of the economy. This in turn caused the food crisis and strikes/riots, and a large drop in production across the board, causing further problems at the front.
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history.comGermany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare in European waterways. This act, more than any other, draws the United States into the war and causes the eventual defeat of Germany.
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ourdocuments.govarchives.govBritish intelligence gives Wilson the so-called Zimmermann Telegram, a amessage from German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermannn proposing that Mexico side with Germany incase of war between Germany and the United States, In return, Germany promises to return to Mexico the "lost provinces" of Texas and much of the rest of the American Southwest. Mexico declines the offer, but the outrage at this interference in the Western Hemisphere oushes the American public opinion to support entering the war
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more infohistory.comPresident wilson outlines his case for war to congress
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history.comamericaslibraryCongress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. The United States enters World War I on the side of France and Britain
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encyclopedia.comhistory.comCongress passes the Selective Service Act authorizing the draft. Although criticized for destroying democracy at home while fighting for it abroad, President Wilson claims he sees no other option and signs the bill into law.
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firstdivisionmuseum.orgfirstworldwar.comThe Battle of Cantigny if the first major American offensive of the war. Though small in scale, the Americans fight bravely and soon go on to larger attacks against German positions.
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history.comworldwar1.comThe Battle of St. mihiel begins when 300,000 American troops under the direct command of General Pershing fling themselves into the German lines.
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history.comfirstworldwar.comkaiser Wilhelm abdicates, ending all German hope for a victory. He and his retinue quietly slip over the border into the Netherlands where he lives out the remainder of his life in relative peace and writes a self-promoting memoir defending his actions in the war
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eyewitnesshistorymore infoAn Armistice is signed ending the fighting on the Western Front
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historylearningsitemore infoMax Bauer was also invovled in the Kapp Putsch, wich took place in Weimar Germany. It was an attempt to overthrow Weimar's new Government.
