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Military Academy
Misic taught strategy at the Military Academy. He served on Radomir Putnik's staff. This was during the 1808-09 Bosnian crisis. -
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WWI
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Austro-Hungarian Invasion
Fighting against the Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia. Misic was in command of the Serbian First Army. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination
Ferdinand and his wife were both shot to death in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Many people believe that this is the outbreak that started WWI. This resulted in a rapid chain of events involving the war. -
July Crisis
Misic deputised for the ailing Putnik. Which was recuperating at a spa in Hungary. He was the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian army in the First World War. -
Battle of Kolubara
Misic won a victory at the Battle of Kolubara. This resulted in the expulsion of Austro-Hungarian forces from Serbia. This was the second major victory of Serbia over Austria-Hungary. -
Germans Fire
The Germans were firing shells filled with chlorine at Allied Lines. This was the first time ever that huge amounts of gas were used to fight. It resulted in the French lines nearly collapsing. -
Luisitania Sinks
A German submarine sunk the Lusitania. This was the largest ship of that time period. The ship carried 1,198 people, 128 of them were Americans. -
Germamy Limits Submarines
This happened as a reaction to the sinking of Lusitania. Germany was originally trying to keep the U.S. out of the war. About a year and a half later, Germany resumed the submarine warfare. Ironically, this tempted the U.S. to enter the war. -
Command of First Army
He started the command of First Army, which was initially at Monastir and then Salonika. Misic was assisted by regional Commander-in-Chief, French General Franchet d'Esperey. He led his troops in the Allied Vardar Offensive, they ended up knocking Bulgaria out of the war. -
Zimmermann Telegram
The British gave Wilson the Zimmermann Telegram, this was a message from German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmermann. It proposed that Mexico would side with Germany and Germany would return to Mexico. WIlson decided to decline the offer.
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=60
(The link will show you pictures of the documents and allow you to zoom in and read them.) -
United States Enters the War
The U.S. joined its allies (Britain, France, Russia) in the war. A lot of Americans were not happy with this decision. They wanted to remain neutral and not enter the WWI. -
Selective Service Act
This act gave the president the right to draft people into the war. The president at the time was Woodrow Wilson. At first, the U.S. had only a small amount of volunteers, so this changed that and made it better for the U.S. -
Germany and Russia Peace Treaty
This treaty gave Russia new lands that belonged to Ukraine and Poland. Along with this treaty, Russia lost Riga, Lithuania, Livonia, Estonia and part of White Russia. Peace on the Eastern Front allowed Germany to move their soldiers to the Western Front, but this caused big problems for the France, Britain, and America. -
Battle of Cantigny
This battle was the first American offensive of the war. Unfortunately, this was only a minor action. This led to Third Battle of the Aisne the very next day. -
Wilhem Abdicates
Germany was seeking armistice and threatening. The requests for abdication grew greatly. Wilhem’s abdication proclamation was finally published in Berlin on November 30, 1918.
