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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated
A bomb is thrown at their auto but misses. only to be shot and killed a short time later by a lone assassin. Believed to be a Serbian nationalist and Austria target their anger toward Serbia. the main reason the war started -
Great Britain declares war on Germany.
great Britain will get supplies from America and ask the u.s to get involved in the war. -
A German U-Boat torpedoes the British passenger liner Lusitania
It sinks in 18 minutes, drowning 1,201 persons, including 128 Americans. killing incent people -
voters re-elect President Woodrow Wilson
woodrow wilson is very big on not going to war -
British intercept a telegram sent by Alfred Zimmermann in the German Foreign Office to the German embassies in Washington, D.C., and Mexico City.
Its message outlines plans for an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States. According to the scheme, Germany would provide tactical support while Mexico would benefit by expanding into the American Southwest, retrieving territories that had once been part of Mexico. -
The United States of America declares war on Germany.
america is in the war effert as a superpower -
The first American troops land in France.
troops are in france and starting there opperations -
last German offensive of the war, the Marne-Reims Offensive, begins with a two-pronged attack around Reims, France, by 52 divisions.
germans are strugeling to stay in the fight -
a railway car at Compiègne, France, the Germans sign the Armistice which is effective at 11 am--the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
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At the Palace of Versailles in France, a German delegation signs the Treaty formally ending the war.
the war is over