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The Archduke Franz Ferninand of Austria and his wife's assassination is what is believed to be what triggered the war. A serbian terrorist group named Black Hand is the group that killed the Archduke and his wife. The man who shot the Archduke and his wife was a Bosnian revolutionary named Gavrilo Princip.
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The War Office Press Bureau was established by the British government to censor news and telegraphic reports from the British Army and then issue it to the press. Lord Kitchener appointed Swinton the British Army's official journalist on the Western Front.
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Germany declares war on neutral Belgium and invades in a right flanking move designed to defeat France quickly. As a result of the invasion, Britain declares war on Germany.
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Ernest Swinton was the offical British War Correspondent on this battle. Lord Kitchener, the War Minister, personally reviewed and censored Swinton's 'Eye Witness' reports. Nevetheless Swinton' s reports are widely regarded as being a fair and an accurate summary of the Battle of the Aisne
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Ernest Swinton got the idea for the tank while he was driving through France. He had received a letter from a friend in July 1914 describing a Holt Caterpillar Tractor. He's friend had suggested how the machine might be useful for transportation.
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The first Zeppelins appeared off the coast of England. Zepplelins were rigid-framed airships filled with helium or hydrogen, used by the Germans to bomb England.
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Winston Churchill was impressed with Ernest Swinton's ideas and formed the Landship Committee to look more closely at the proposal to develop a new war machine. The newly-formed committee agreed with Swinton and started drawing up specifications for the new machine.
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During the Second Battle of Ypres the Germans used poisonous gas for the first time. The gas that they used was chlorine gas. The gas had a very distinctive smell, like pineapple and pepper.
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Swinton was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and got the responsiblity for training the first tank unit. He created the first tactical instructions for armoured warfare.
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The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of the war. The battle lasted for almost nine gruelling months. There was around an estimated one million casualties.
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The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle fought between Germany and Britain. It was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships during the war.
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The Battle of Somme was one of the largest battles of WW1. It was also one of the bloodiest military battles in history. Tanks were also first introduced during this battle.
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Woodrow Wilson is re-elected the President of the United States with the slogan " He kept us out of the war." Only a couple months later after getting re-elcted the US entered World War 1.
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Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare. They declared the area around the British Isles a war zone, which meant all merchant ships would be attacked by Germany now.
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The Us entered the war on April 6, 1917. The US entered the war because of the sinking of the Lusitania. Prior to the sinking of the Lusitania the US wanted to stay neutral.
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The Selective Service Act allowed the US Federal Government to draft men for the American entry into World War 1. The act was canceled with the end of the war on November, 1918.
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President Woodrow Wilson wrote an adress to Congrss. In this adress he proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war.
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers. The treaty ended Russia's participation in World War 1.
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The armistice called for immediate German withdrawl from enemy territories. It also called for the disarmament and demoilization if the German military.
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, offically ending World War 1. It was also signed exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
