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(US) President Woodrow Wilson Inaugurated
President Woodrow Wilson, who would serve as commander in chief during WWI, Officially becomes President for the first of two terms -
(EU) Archduke franz Ferdinand shot in Sarajevo
On this day, the archduke of Austria was shot by garvilo princip. This event is often considered the spark for ww1. -
(EU)Britain declares war on Germany
Belgium's ports were close to the British coast and German control of Belgium would have been seen as a serious threat to Britain. In the end, Britain refused to ignore the events of 4 August 1914, when Germany attacked France through Belgium. Within hours, Britain declared war on Germany. -
(EU) Germany attacks/ declares war on France
After completing their occupation of Belgium on August 20, 1914, German forces moved quickly upon France with two armies. Although fighting between French and German forces had taken place in the region of Alsace-Lorraine in southeastern France, the first joint French-British encounters with Germany occurred near the town of Mons along the Franco-Belgian border on August 23, 1914. -
(EU)The Christmas truce of 1914
The Christmas truce was a series of widespread but unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of World War I around Christmas 1914. ... In the week leading up to the 25th, French, German, and British soldiers crossed trenches to exchange seasonal greetings and talk. -
( EU )Armenian genocide
The Armenian genocide was the ruthless slaughter of millions of Armenians by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire. In 1915, during World War I, leaders of the Turkish government set in motion a plan to expel and massacre Armenians. -
(US)sinking of the lusitania
the sinking of the RMS Lusitania was because of a German submarine in which a lot of American people died therefore bringing the United States into the war. -
(US) US chases Pancho Villa
Pancho villa killed around 33 Americans and the American government clearly couldn't stop him showing that they were most deferentially not ready for war. -
(US) Battle of somme
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the River Somme in France. -
(US)Election of 1916
it was a close battle between the 2 running canadiates and it really should what the people was thinking on whether the coutry should go to war or not. -
(EU) (US) Zimmerman Telegram
The British people intercepted a telegram talking about how they wanted Mexico and Japan to go to war with the US so that the US would be distracted and wouldn't go to war with the Germans. -
( US) Woodrow Wilson asks congress for a declaration of war
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( US ) The US declares war on Germany