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Arch Duke killed
Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated -
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ww1
ww1 started in July 1914 and ended in November 1918 -
Germany invades
germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium from the 2nd to the 7th of august. -
Austria hungary invades
Austria Hungary invade Russia -
Allies stop german advance
The allies stop the german advance into France -
German naval blockade
Germany begins a naval blockade on Britain -
Italy declares war
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary -
germany attascks verdun
Germany begins its attack on verdun -
Battle of verdun end
the battle of Verdun ends 550,000 French and 450,000 German deaths -
US severs relations with germany
The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany. -
US Declares war
The United States declares war on Germany. -
American troops arrive
American troops arrive in France -
American forces arrive
American combat forces arrive in France. -
boarding
Quincy Claude Ayres boards the USS Pocahontas -
leaveing port
9 days later he left the port -
Joined convoy
USS Pocahontas joined a convoy -
Russia signs
Russia signs an armistice with Germany. -
arrived at port brest
the USS Pocahontas arrived at port brest -
arrived at brest
the USS pochahontas arrives at port brest. -
Leaving port brest
the USS Pocahontas leaves port brest -
leaves brest
Quincy leaves port brest -
Arrives in paris
he arrives in Paris and has a good time while there -
Arrives at paris
Quincy arrives at Paris France -
Leaves paris
he left Paris to join the front lines -
First letter from home
he received his first letter from mary -
recieved letter
he received his first letter from mary which really fired him up -
has been recieving letters
he had been receiving letters for awhile and he writes that he is in real danger now -
Russia signs the Treaty
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany. -
Russia signs the Treaty
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany. -
gemany begins last offensive
Germany begins its final offensive of the war -
Germany's final offensive
Germany begins its final offensive of the war. -
seeing combat
he had been seeing real air battles for awhile and artillery bombings and he says he wants to go home -
goudeniourt
he goes to goudeniourt for a month for training -
promotion?
he thinks he is promoted to 1sr lieutenant -
meets rickenbacker
He meets fighter pilot Eddie Rickenbacker -
U.S forces victory
the U.S forces had won the first American independent operation of the war the Battle of Cantigny -
U.S forces victorious
United States forces are victorious in the Battle of Cantigny, the first independent American operation. -
school is over
school is over and he is in Paris for five days where he talks about the countryside -
brige school
he goes to a bridge school in Liganville -
school is over
the school he went to was done teaching him -
another school
he goes to another school -
back to paris
he goes back to Paris after school is over -
another school
he goes back to school again -
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september- october at angers
September and October were spent doing usual duties and he heard rumors of peace talks -
final allied offensive
Allied forces begin the attack at Meusse-Argonne, the final offensive of the war. -
Allies begin the final offensive of the war.
Allied forces began the attack at Meuse-Argonne, the war's final offensive. -
Germany signs the Armistice
Germany signs the Armistice at Compiègne, ending World War I. -
through Luxembourg
they move through Luxembourg into Germany -
back in france
he made his way back to france -
Peace conference
The peace conference begins in Paris. -
back in germany
he went back into germany -
the order
he was ordered by Coblenz to go back to the 21st engineers because they were in France and he was shipping out home soon. -
promotion
he was promoted to 1st Lt -
leaving brest
he left port brest to return home he was very excited -
Boston harbor
he returned home and arrived in the Boston harbor -
germany signs the treaty
Germany signs the treaty of Versailles -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles takes effect in Germany. -
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U.S signs separate treaties
The United States signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary.