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assassination of archduke ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning WW1
On 28 July, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. It was determined to take decisive action against Serbia and, by now, knew this risked war with Russia, Serbia's supporter. Austria-Hungary was prepared to risk war because it had the guarantee of German support. The Balkan crisis now threatened a European-wide war. -
Austria-Hungary invades Russia
Austria- Hungary declared war on Serbia, the Russians had to join as they held an alliance. This meant that the Austro-Hungarian Forces had to attack Russia or at least Defend. Also They were part of the Central Powers and had an alliance with Germany so they honored this and attacked. -
the sinking of the Lusitania.
the German submarine U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a swift-moving British cruise liner traveling from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the 1,959 men, women, and children on board, 1,195 perished, including 123 Americans. -
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
The Italian declaration opened up a new front in World War I, stretching 600 kilometers—most of them mountainous—along Italy's border with Austria-Hungary. -
battle of verdun
Battle of Verdun, World War I engagement in which the French repulsed a major German offensive. It was one of the longest, bloodiest, and most-ferocious battles of the war -
Allied offensive begins the Battle of the Somme.
The Battle of the Somme was a joint operation between British and French forces intended to achieve a decisive victory over the Germans on the Western Front. -
Battle of Verdun ends
The battle closed down as winter conditions and results of fighting on the Somme made further activity impossible. ending with 550,000 French and 450,000 German casualties. -
Germany returns to unrestricted submarine warfare
The tactic was abandoned on 1 September 1915, following the loss of American lives in the torpedoed liners Lusitania and Arabic. After failing to seize control of the sea from the British at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare -
United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.
Wilson cited Germany's violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States -
The United States declares war on Germany.
American president Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany. Until that day, the United States had remained neutral. The declaration of war was a response to the submarine war that Germany had been waging on its enemies since January 1917. -
Germany signs the Armistice at Compiègne, ending World War I.
the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany. -
British and American forces enter Germany.
British and American forces fought their way into the heart of western Germany. Although the first German city to fall to American forces, Aachen, had been captured in October 1944, the invasion of the Third Reich began in earnest in March 1945 when the western Allies crossed the Rhine River. -
Draft of the covenant of the League of Nations is completed
The League of Nations was the first intergovernmental organization established “to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security”. it was drafted by Georges Clemenceau of France and David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom. -
the signing of The Treaty of Versaille
The treaty of Versaille required Germany to disarm, make territorial concessions, extradite alleged war criminals, agree to Kaiser Wilhelm being put on trial, recognise the independence of states whose territory had previously been part of the German Empire, and pay reparations to the Entente powers.