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Threatened by Serbian ambition in the tumultuous Balkans region of Europe, Austria-Hungary determined that the proper response to the assassinations was to prepare for a possible military invasion of Serbia.
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George Washington wanted the country to stay neutral and not involve themselves and he wanted to honor that.
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It is during this battle that the Germans first use poison gas.
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The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest.
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The greatest naval battle of the First World War, Jutland was the only full-scale encounter of the British and German battle fleets
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Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States, bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict
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Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.
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the "Fourteen Points" was a statement by United States President Woodrow Wilson that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe
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On this day in 1918, near the Marne River in the Champagne region of France, the Germans begin what would be their final offensive push of World War I. Dubbed the Second Battle of the Marne, the conflict ended several days later in a major victory for the Allies.
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This first global conflict had claimed from 9 million to 13 million lives and caused unprecedented damage. Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated.
