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Assassination of Austrian Archuke Ferdinand
Shot to death by a Bosnian Serb Nationalist ("Black Hand") -
Austria Declared War on Serbia
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Germany Declared War on Russia
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Germany Declared War on France
Germany invaded Belguim. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan. -
Britain Declared War on Germany
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Turkey Enters the War on Germany's side
Trench warefare start to dominate the western front. -
British Blockade on Germany
The UK announces that the North Sea is a military area, effectively creating a blockade of goods in and out of Germany. -
Unriestricted Submarine Warefare (USW)
USW was when Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britian. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
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The Sussex Pledge
The Sussex pledge was when Germany promises not to attack cargo, merchants, and passenger ships as long as British followed international law. Germany wanted to achieve victory without US involvement in war. -
The Sinking of the French Passenger Ship, Sussex
The French Passenger boat, the Sussex was torpedoed by the Germans in the English Channel. Several Americans were injured. Therefore, President Wison threatened to ambassadorial(diplomatic) relations with Germany. This ultimately led to the Sussex Pledge. -
Congress declares war on Germany
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US Joins Triple Entente
Major Opposing Alliances:
The Triple Entente:
Britain
France
Russia
USA
-The Triple Alliance
Germany
Austria-Hungary
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Espionage/Sedition Act
Espionage/Sedition Act was the imprisonment of people for speech that "underminded the war effort". These acts prohibited criticism against the US government, the US flage, and the Army and Navy uniforms. -
American Troups Cross the Atlantic to Join in the Fight
Two million American troups crossed the Atlantic, but remained in "independent units" due to lack of training. They do not see combat until Spring 1918. -
Selective Service Act
Required all men 21-30 to register with the draft boards. The age was later changed to 18-45 and around 3 million were drafted. -
Seperate Peace Between Germany and Russia-Part 1
An armistice, an agreement made by opposing sides in war to stop fighting for a certain time, was agreed upon and went into effect by the Russian government and the Central powers. The focus was no longer on the eastern front, but on the western front so Germany made one final attempt to defeat US and the remaining allies. -
Seperate Peace Between Germany and Russia-Part 2
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litousk with the Central Powers, abandoning the Allied war effort. This granted independence to its Polish and Baltic territories, the Ukraine, and Finland. All fighting is now focused on the western front which put a great deal of pressure on the remaining allies. -
Armistic declared
Armistic declared between US and Germany -
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
ended WW1
