World War I with Veteran LeRoy Thompson

By cruzvargas

  • Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
    Ferdinand was the archduke of Austria Hungary. He was the heir to the throne of Austria and Hungary. He and his wife were shot by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. Princip was part of a Serbian terrorist group called the Black Hand.

  • Russia announced mobilization

    Russia announced mobilization
    One of the main causes of WW1 was because on the Mobilization on Russia. In 1914 400,000 men went to war with no weapons.Russia's allied country France gave them money to build railways to transport troops.

  • War begins

    War begins
    July 28, 1914 Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia and world WWI began. WWI started July 28, 1914 but was triggered on 28 June 1914 by the assassination of Austria and his pregnant wife Sophie.

  • Germany declared war on Russia

    Germany declared war on Russia
    On August 1, 1914 four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, two more great European powers. The so called great war that ensured would be one of the unprecedented destruction.

  • Germany declared war on France

    Germany declared war on France
    August 3, 1914 Germany declared war on France.Germany invaded Belgium and Britain foreign sectary sent a letter to Germany demanding their withdraw from the neutral Belgium.

  • Britian declared was on Germany

    Britian declared was on Germany
    At the beginning of WW1, Britain declared war on Germany because Germany wanted to force Belgium to give up its neutrality and allow German troops to cross their borders, even though Britain told them to stop. Britain waited until Germany attacked Belgium , then Britain refused to let the country remain neutral. England had agreement with Russia and France.

  • Austria-Hungary declared war on Germany

    Austria-Hungary declared war on Germany
    Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife was killed. Feeling threatened by the Serbians, Austria-Hungary decided the best response was to prepare for a military invasion of Serbia. On July 23,1914,Austria-Hungry demanded that all anti-Austrian propaganda in Serbia stop, and Austria-Hungry be able to conduct its own investigation of the archduke's death.

  • Lusitania

    Lusitania
    The ship Lusitania was sunk by the Germans. Many Americans passengers died. The Germans sunk the ship becaues it had weapons on it.

  • LeRoy Feay, Thompson

    LeRoy was a WW1 Veteran know as Feay to his family. The branch he served was the United States Army. LeRoy was only in the army for six months in the war because the war ended on 11/11/1918. LeRoy was born June 4, 1894 in Elkhart Indiana and died at the age of 102 in 1996.