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(EU) Funeral of King Edward 7
The funeral brought everyone together 4 years before everything ripped apart in the European countries. -
(US) President Woodrow Wilson innaugurated
President Woodrow Wilson who would serve as commander in chief during WW1, officially becomes president for the first of two terms -
(EU) Archduke Ferdinand shot in Sarajevo
On this day the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavillo Princip. This event is often considered the spark for WW1. Which would grow because of entangling of alliances -
Russia Mobilizes (EU)
Russia want's to gather troops from Serbia their ally to fight Austrian-Hungary. This starts a big reaction causing all of the European powers to go hostile. -
(EU) Germany declares war on France
France say's they are going to help Russia out -
(EU) Christmas truce of 1914
French, German, and British soldiers crossed trenches to have a meet and greet -
Germans first shot (EU)
Germany are the first to release a deadly gas into war this gas was filled with chlorine and got to the French lines. -
sinking of the Lusitania (US/EU)
When the Lusitania sank it moved us closer to war -
Germany limits submarines (EU)
Germany tries to keep American away from war to stop war supplies from the US getting shipped to France and Britain. -
(US) chases Pancho villa
The objective by the Wilson Administration was to take over villa -
battle of the somme (EU)
The first wold war that was fought by the British and French against German empire -
Britain's first tanks (EU)
The British use tanks for the first time in war. They are useful for breaking things such as barbwire, but they are not helpful for the war itself. -
election of 1916(US)
President Woodrow Wilson was elected president of the united states. -
President Woodrow Wilson requests peace note(US)
German government suggests that the US surrender -
The Zimmerman Telegram
The goal of the telegram was to tell Mexico to make allies with Japan so Germany, Mexico, and Japan would all be allies together against the United States -
Submarines back (EU)
Britain resumes the submarine warfare to the waterways of the Europeans. US gets angry and go into war instead of this being a benefit to Germany it ended up being a benefit to us because they defeated Germany. -
selective service act (US)
Wilson sign the selective service act and congress passes it to be able to create an army for the war. Many people were angry. -
Battle of Cantigny (US)
This was the first battle fought by the Americans in the war. This was a small battle but it was a starting point for even larger ones -
battle of Chateau- thierry
This was another battle fought by American soldiers in Germany. Which was a lead to the Battle of Belleau Wood -
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Battle of Belleau wood (US)
This battle was fought on an pen field of wheat. It all started with the us marine courts attacking germant there were many casualties. This lasted 20 days. It caused 10,000 Americans casualties but the Americans won -
Battle of St. Mihiel (US)
The commander of American troops was Pershing there were 300,000 troops throwing themselves at the at the Germany lines to where they were fighting. -
(EU) Britain declares war on Germany
Germany attacked Belgium
