World War One Timeline

  • 1917 BCE

    the french 1917

    the french 1917
    The french army relased him october 1917 and later that same day he swore into the united states army as a cadet in the air corps harold became a pilot in the newly formed army air corps in the 24th aero sqaudron unit
  • david beatty

    david beatty
    In august 1914 admiral sir david beatty devised a plan to draw the german navy into a major sea battle. During this battle Germans lost three Cruisers and a destroyer. The British ship was badly damaged but was towed home.
  • spark the chain

    spark the chain
    Austria archduke ferdinand assassinated the killing spark the chain of events that lead to ww1
  • italy

    italy
    Italy declares war on austria-hungary
  • Harold was Born

    Harold was Born
    Harold grew up in St. Cloud MN with his parents and sister. They went to the West coast for vacation in spring and was in California when the U.S. declared war against Germany
  • june 17

    june 17
    He sailed the chicago in june 1917 for france and worked in the ambulance for many months until the norton harjes unit was discontinued harold earned a french military medal croixde guerre before being honorably discharged
  • monash

    monash
    force. Carried out with the U.S. Army. It was a complete success and showed the effectiveness of Monash’s peaceful Penetration tactics. The village was Secured within two hours and nearly 1,500 prisoners were taken.
  • battle le hamel

    battle le hamel
    The offensive at le hamel was planned by a guy name john monash, commander of the australian imperial
  • sam keesler

    sam keesler
    In October 1918, his plane was shot down, and his observer, Sam Keesler, was killed.
  • harold ups and downs

    harold ups and downs
    Harold and partner were shot down. Harold lived but his partner did not. After surgery harold later discharged on saint patrick's day 1919 then later became a pilot then he past away in may