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WWI
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WWI begins
World war one starts by Austria-Hungry declares war on Serbia. -
Russia moves out
Russia fully mobilizes armed forces to help Serbia. -
Gemany declares war
Germany declares war on russia. -
Gemany vs France
Germany declares war on France. -
Austria-Hungray vs Russia
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia -
Lusitania sinks
Germany sinks the ship killing 128 american citizns and 1,200 people -
Suicide Bombing
Erich Muenter, a German instructor at Cornell University, commits suicide after detonating a bomb in the U.S. Senate reception room. -
Germany alters U-boat policy
Germany responds to U.S. anger by ending its policy of sinking ships without warning. -
Peace Ship
Henry Ford charters a "Peace Ship," in an effort to end World War I. -
Submarine warfare
President Woodrow Wilson demands that Germany end unrestricted submarine warfare. -
Bombing
A bomb explodes at a pro-war preparedness parade in San Francisco, killing ten. -
Relection
Woodrow Wilson gets re-elected as President of the United States with campaign slogan: "He kept us out of the war" -
Zimmermann telegram
Britain intercepts and translates German Foreign Secretary Zimmermann's telegram to Mexico urging its entry into war against the United States. -
Unrestricted U-boats
Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare. Returning to how it was before they called it off from the Lusitania. -
The world must be made safe for democracy
In a speech asking Congress to declare war against Germany -
America enters the war
The United States declares war on the Central Powers.
