WWI

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  • Austria-Hungary war on Serbia

    Emperor Fanz Joseph of A-H declared war

  • Germany declares war on France

    Germany declares war on France

  • Battle of the Frontiers

    27,000 French soldiers die on this single day in an offensive thrust to the east of Paris, towards the German borders.

  • Trenches

    First trenches of the Western front are dug.

  • Total War

    German Zeppelin air raid on England

  • U-Boat sinks the Lusitania

    1,198 civilians, including 128 Americans die.

  • German responds to ship sinkings

    Germany responds to U.S. anger by ceasing to sink ships without warning.

  • Battle of Cerdun

    Longest battle of the war. Feb. 21-Dec. 18. Estimated at 1 million casualties and ending in a draw

  • Vimy Ridge

    Canadians take Vimy Ridge

  • Submarine Warfare

    Germany again declares unrestricted submarine warfare.

  • Selective Service Act

    U.S. passes act empowering the Federal Government to draft men for armed forces

  • American Expeditionary Force

    First wave of Americans to land in France

  • Trench Warfare

    American troops in France fire their first shot in trench warfare.

  • Kerensky's government overthrown

    Bolshevik socialists, led by Lenin, overthrow Kerensky's government.

  • David Lloyd George

    David Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister of Britain.

  • Jerusalem captured

    British capture Jerusalem from the Turks and her Arab allies.

  • Influenza

    Two waves of influenza kill more people than the war itself. 1918-1919

  • Volunteer Troops to Russia

    President Wilson agrees to send volunteer troops to Russia

  • German republic founded

  • Unknown Warrior

    The Unknown Warrior is buried in Westminster Abbey, London.