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Franz Ferdinand Assassination
On June 28, 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist group called the Black Hand. This group believed that Bosnia should belong to Serbia. He went on a trip to Bosnia, but before he left he was warned not to go. Everyone said that there was danger there but he went anyways. He knew that something bad was going to happen when he was there. -
Britain Declares War on Germany
Britain declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914. When they declared war, it was known as the beginning of World War 1. Great Britain promised Belgium that they would stay neutral during the war. Britain gave Germany a chance to leave Belgium by midnight on August 3. Germany started the Schlieffen Plan when they feared that France and Russia would surround them. -
The Battle of Mons
The battle of Mons started on August 23, 1914. It was the British Army's first confrontation with the French since the Battle of Waterloo. The first day of British combat ended in disappointment. It was the first and last of the "Battles of the Frontier Justice". The battle ended in November 1914. -
The Indian Army Joins the War
On October 10, 1914, the Indian Army Joined World War I. They joined the Allies for the first time in northern France at the Battle of La Bassee. Britain gets its Empire and 1.5 million Indian Soldiers. 1.3 Australians, South Africans, New Zealanders, and Canadians fought with the Allies. The war is now global. -
Siege of Tsingtao
The Siege of Tsingtao took place on October 31, 1914. The Japanese flexed their military muscles after they won the Russo-Japanese war. The British and Japanese army attacked Tsingtao during the fall of 1914 -
Elliott Hugh Lee
Elliott Hugh Lee was a First Lieutenant during World War I. He had just graduated Princeton when he decided to enter the war. He was told to join the U.S. Army Ambulance Corps. He was Awarded three Croix de Guerre while he was working on the front during the Second Battle of the Marne. After World War I was over, he lead an organization dedicated to helping restore the country after World War II. -
First Use of Poison Gas
On January 3, 1915, Germany used poison gas for the first time. Both sides of the war used tear gas for the first time in the first winter of the war. In January 1915, Germany used a deadlier chemical called xylyl bromide. Xylyl bromide killed 1000 Russian troops at Bolimvov. Germany used thousands of chlorine gas canisters, causing over 7000 deaths among the British, Canadian, and French. -
The Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli Campaign started on April 25, 1915. While in stalemate on the Western front the Allies attacked Germany's Allies. Austalian, New Zealand, British, French, and Indian troops took the peninsula of Gallipoli. The Allies weren't able to get out of their becahheads after being defeated. A third of the New Zealand troops died, and there was over 28000 Australian deaths. -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The British Ship Lusitania was sunk on May 7, 1915. Lusitania was sunk when a torpedo was fired out of a U-boat. a U-boat is a German Submarine. 100 Americans and over 1000 people died on the ship. The world was shocked when Germany sunk the Lusitania even though they gave them warnings before. -
The Battle of Somme
The Battle of Somme was fought on July 1, 1916. It was the bloodiest and the largest conflicts of the War. About 20000 British soldiers died on the first day. By the end of this battle, there was over half a million deaths. -
America Joins the War
America entered World War 1 in 1917. When the war started, President Woodrow Wilson said the U.S. would stay neutral. During the war, Germany damaged and sunk U.S. ships traveling to Britain. Germany told Mexico that they would help get their freedom back if they joined them in the war. The British ship Lusitania was sunk by Germany killing over 100 Americans that were on board. -
Revolution in Russia
The Revolution in Russia happened on November 8, 1917. There was a popular uprising in Russia in March of 1917. The Government continues on with the unsuccessful war. The slogan "Peace, bread, land" was created by the Bolsheviks. -
Armistice Day
Armistice Day, now known as Veterans Day, is on November 11. An armistice was signed before the Allies could attack Germany. The fighting stopped on the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. In 1919 the Treaty of Versailles said that Germany was guilty of the war and they would have to pay everything back to rebuild things. People say the Treaty of Versailles was the main cause of World War II. -
Letter to Dwight D. Eisenhower
Elliott Hugh Lee wrote a letter to Dwight D. Eisenhower saying that he was glad to have secured the funds for the hospital being torn down. -
Letter to Robert Blake
Elliott Hugh Lee wrote a thank you letter to Robert Blake. He wrote it on May 21, 1951. He talked about the new hospital that was going to be built.
