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Gavrillo Princip, a member of a Bosnian Serb nationalst group, assassinated Achuduke Ferdinad.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, this is the beginning of WW1.
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Austria-Hungary decides to invade Russia, this gets Russia involved in the war.
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Britain and France declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
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Germans advanced within 30 miles of Paris but the French send reinforcements, and this is when trench-warfare begins.
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German armies use chemical warfare by launching chlorine on Allied trenches.
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German submarines sink the Lusitania during crossing from NY to Liverpool, England, which kills 128 Americans.
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German vs France armies, French villages are wiped, and there are still shells in this area.
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US declares war on Germany dude to the submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram.
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The British and German ships fight with their battleships out at sea.
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The British offense draws Germans attention from Verdun, killing 20,000.
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British tanks are used to rip through the German defense, tanks were introduced for the first time.
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The Soviet government concludes a separate peace with the Central Power.
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A group of hard-core militarists, led by Erich Ludendorff, would perpetuate a myth claiming Germany had been stabbed in the back.
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Allied and German representatives sign The Treaty of Versailles, the US signs the treaty of gurarnty.