WWI Timeline

  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire

    Invented by the Joseph Glidden (American) to prevent enemy soldiers from advancing.
  • The Schleiffen Plan

    The Schleiffen Plan

    A plan created by Germany to overtake enemy lines
  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Shot by Gavrilo Princip. Some people say this was the start of the war.
  • Battle at Marne

    Battle at Marne

    First Battle of the war.
  • Breaking of the Sussex Pledge

    Breaking of the Sussex Pledge

    Germany broke the Sussex Pledge by sinking the Luisitania, a British passenger ship carrying U.S. citizens
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram

    Intercepted telegram from Germany to Mexico.
  • United States Joins the war

    United States Joins the war

    After Germany broke the Sussex Pledge, USA joins the war.
  • Bolsheviks

    Bolsheviks

    Lenin, the leader of a politcal party called the Bolsheviks. They were heavy supporters of communism
  • Brest-Litovsk Treaty

    Brest-Litovsk Treaty

    Treaty between Russia and the Central Powers. Ended Russia's participation in the war
  • War Guilt Clause

    War Guilt Clause

    War was blamed on Germany.
  • Armistice Day

    Armistice Day

    This is also know as Veterans Day
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    Ended warfare between Germany and the Allied Powers. signed five years after Ferdinand's death.