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ww1

By gclax3445

  • War Erupts

    War Erupts
    Pre-war Alliances; Belgium Invaded; Battle of Tannenberg; Battle of the Marne; First Battle of Ypres; Trench Warfare Begins

  • wife were killed

    wife were killed
    one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo,

  • Great Britain declared war on Germany

    Great Britain declared war on Germany
    Great Britain declared war on Germany at 11:00 p.m. for violating Belgian neutrality. The United States declared neutrality at the outbreak of World War I. With Great Britain formally at war, the Dominions of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand entered World War I.

  • A Global Conflict

    A Global Conflict
    Poison Gas First Used; U-Boat Warfare Begins; Second Battle of Ypres; Gallipoli Landings; Lusitania Sunk; Italy Enters War

  • Germany begins an aerial bombing

    Germany begins an aerial bombing
    Germany begins an aerial bombing campaign against Britain using Zeppelins.

  • The Blood Letting

    The Blood Letting
    Battle of Verdun; Sea Battle of Jutland; Russian Brusilov Offensive; Battle of the Somme; French Nivelle Offensive; Romania Enters War

  • the rage of men

    the rage of men
    Zimmermann Telegram; Russian Revolution; America Enters War; French Mutiny; Third Battle of Ypres; Caporetto Attack; British Tank Attack

  • the United States formally declared war against Germany

    the United States formally declared war against Germany
    On April 6, 1917, the United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe. Fighting since the summer of 1914, Britain, France, and Russia welcomed news that American troops and supplies would be directed toward the Allied war effort.Apr 6, 2020

  • A Fateful Ending

    A Fateful Ending
    German Spring Offensives; First American Action; Allied Counter-Offensives; Armistice Ends Fighting; Treaty of Versailles; Post-war Germany

  • The Versailles Peace Treaty,

    The Versailles Peace Treaty,
    officially ended World War I. Of note, on the same day, five-years earlier the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated at Sarajevo, Bosnia, starting the war.