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(EU) Archduke Franz Ferdinand Shot in Sarajevo
On this day, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event is often considered the spark for World War 1, which would grow because of entangling alliances. -
(EU) Germany Declares War on France
Germany was already planning to attack Russia. Germany was thinking of how France would support Russia when war would begin, so Germany decided to strike first before the other countries. -
(EU) Great Britain Declares War on Germany
When Great Britain found out that Germany declared war on France, they weren't able to ignore how Germany attacked France through Belgium. After a little time, Britain declared war. -
(EU) Germans Introduces Poison Gas
The Germans shocked the Allied forces along the Western Front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two of the French Colonial Divisions in Ypres, Belgium. -
(EU) Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sunk the ship with a torpedo. Many Americans were upset because Britain was exchanging goods with them from the Atlantic Ocean/ -
(EU) Wilson Re-Election
He was successful in New Jersey which gave him a national reputation as a progressive reformer. He was an advocate for democracy and world peace. He is also ranked as one of the greatest presidents. -
(EU) Zimmerman Note
Zimmerman gave this note to Mexico. This note had to be deciphered in order to read it. This note would be able to have bad public opinion to the United States. -
(EU) America Enters The War
Major General John J. Pershing commanded more than 2 million soldiers to fight on the battlefield of France. Some Americans didn't want to become part of the war and wanted to remain neutral. America helping their Allies gave them a huge advantage based on America's supplies. -
(EU) Congress passes the Espionage Acts (1917)
This was to punish the acts of interference with the foreign relations and foreign commerce to the United States. -
(EU) Spanish Influenza
This flu infected about 500 million people world-wide, which was about one-third of the planets population. It has killed about 20-50 million people. About 675,000 Americans were killed because of this flu. -
(EU) Germany and Russia Peace
The Germans sign a peace treaty The Germans sign a peace treaty with the new Bolshevik government of Russia. The terms of the treaty give Germany land that had been the Ukraine and Poland, and peace on the Eastern Front allows Germany to shift soldiers to the Western Front, which would cause serious problems for the French, British, and the Americans. -
(EU) Battle of Belleau Wood
The Battle of Belleau Wood begins as the U.S. Marine Corps attacks the Germans across an open field of wheat, suffering. -
(EU) Belleau Wood Ends
The Battle of Belleau Wood ends with the final expulsion of the Germans from the wood. This marks the farthest German advance on Paris. The area has changed hands six times during the three-week battle. -
(EU) Armistice 1918
This was the day the allies signed an agreement with Germany to end the WW1 fighting. The countries who signed were the Germans, French, and British representatives. It the officially began 6 hours later.
