WWI Timeline

By j.fauth

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assinated by Gabrielle Princip.

    It was the spark that started WWI.

  • The U.S. remains neutral

    U.S. president Woodrow Wilson announces.

  • The first Battle of the Marne begins.

    Trench warfare begins as soliders on both sides dig in. (Military Event)

  • Trenches built

    They were built in the western front.

  • The United Kingdom announces that the North Sea is a military area

    Creating a blockade of goods into Germany.

  • Sea was blocked

    Germany blocked it.

  • Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britian

    effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets

  • The Second Battle of Ypres begins.

    It is during this battle that the Germans first use poison gas.

  • Lusitania Sinks

    A German Submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania.

  • British use gas in battle near Loos

    Shifting winds cause 60,000 British casualties.

  • The Battle of Verdun begins

    The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest.

  • Woodrow Wilson re-elected President of the United States

    With campaign slogan: "He kept us out of the war"

  • Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico

    In effort to entice Mexicao to join the war.

  • Reich Foreign Secretary Zimmermann's telegram to Mexico

    Urging her entry into war against the United States is discovered and translated by the British.

  • U.S. Enters War

    Congress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. The United States enters World War I on the side of France and Britain.

  • The armistice goes into effect

    agreed upon between the new Russian government and the central powers goes into effect.

  • U.S. Preident Woodrow WIlson issues his Fourteen Points

    A Statement was given that declared that WWI was being fought for peace.

  • Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk

    A peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers

  • Germany signs the armistice in France

    FIghting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

  • The treaty of Versailles

    Ends WWI.