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WW1

By Yalda Q.

  • The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    WW1 started in July 28, 1914, but the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 1914) caused the tension. Gavrilo Princip shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand to gain land.

  • Battle of Verdun

    Start of the Battle of Verdun; Germany bombarded The French for 9 hours and then distracted the first line of French trenches.

  • French Surrenders

    French defenders at Fort Vaux, Verdun, surrendered to the Germans.

  • BAttle of Somme

    The Battle of the Somme was a battle of the WWI fought by the armies of the British and French against the German. It took place between July 1 and November 18 1916 on both sides of the River Somme in France.

  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram
    The German though that America wasn’t prepared for the war so they sent a telegram to Mexico asking them to make a border war with the country and would give them land that they had but gave away to America (TX, NM, AZ.) They put it in the newspaper to make sure everyone knew Germany and America were enemies.

  • US Joins Allied Powers

    US Joins Allied Powers
    The Us joined the allied powers after Germany sunk their ships even though Germany said to stay off of the war zone. The USA was shipping goods to the UK.

  • Selective Service Act

    The Selective Service Act of 1917 was made by the federal government to raise an army for service in World War I. All men between the ages of 21 and 31 had to sign up for the military.

  • Germany and Russia Peace

    The Germans sign a peace treaty with Russia. The treaty gave Germany huge parts of land that had been the Ukraine and Poland, and allows Germany to shift soldiers to the Western Front, causing problems for the French, British, and Americans.

  • Battle of Cantigny

    The Battle of Cantigny is the first battle America fought in the war. Though small in scale, the Americans fight and soon go on to larger attacks against Germany.

  • The End of the War

    WWI began in 1914 and lasted until 1918. During the war, Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, and the United States (the Allied Powers). Germany had surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had to stop fighting while the terms of peace were being made. On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, ending the war.