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Germany promised support of Austria
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany promised support for whatever Austria-Hungary wanted regarding conflict with Siberia. -
Austria Declares war on Serbia
Because of assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife who was said to be baring a child. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany had hoped by declaring war that other countries would stay out of the war between austria-Hungry and Serbia. -
Britain declares war on Germany
Germany had invaded belgium in fear of being surrounded my russia. Britain had given germany till Midnight on the 3rd of august to get out and they didn't -
Turkey enters war on Germany's side
The Ottoman Empire joined germany and turkey to form a triple alliance. -
Japan's 21 demands on China
Japan had made 21 demands for China, one being to stop leasing territory to foreign powers, because China couldn't win a war with Japan China had no choice but to succumb to the demands. -
Lusitania
Was sunk by a german U-Boat. Killed more than 120 americans, played a big role in turning the american people against Germany. -
Battle of Verdun
This battle was mainly because German General Erich Von Falkenhayn wanted to inflict a lot of bloodshed on French defences. Despite being called off the french re took forts and both sides were left with a lot of casualties. -
Battle of the Somme
One of the largest battles of World War one and also possibly one of the bloodiest. Between both the Allies and Central Powers lost 1.5 million men. -
Woodrow Wilson Re-elected president
Wilson sucurs 1916 Re-Election, Wilson's main point during ww1 was to remain neutral but ended up declaring war on germany in 1917. -
Zimmerman Note
Germany sent a note to mexico offering to going the war on the side of the allies to prevent the United Stated from entering a war. In turn germany would help them get back land taken by the U.S. -
US declares war
The United States entered world war I declaring war on the central powers. -
Selective Service Act
This act authorized the draft. May criticized the act but Wilson said he didn't see any other option. -
27th annual Divisions parade
John Brennan was in the 27th Division's parade for the send off of World War I. In a diary John says ¨I've never been in a parade like this and probably never will be¨. -
Treatment towards Africans
The Veteran shows the poor treatment of African American in a story. He speaks of that many Africans had to go through awful initiation, that often caused many africans to leave the military. -
John Brennan Arrives at Camp Sadsworth
This is where the soldiers became disciplined. Many didn't take officers seriously until then. Soldiers saw a big display of segregation of white and black people. Many blacks were still slaves, lived in fear of white people and had horrible living conditions with many big families living together, despite this they were a happy crowd. -
Prisoner breakout at Ammunition train
While John was on guard the Corporal of the guards told him a prisoner had broken out and to be on lookout. The next day the prisoner was shooting a gun at 3am. -
Espionage Act
This act was added to the U.S. Constitution making any Disloyal, profane or insulting about the United States Governments against the law. -
Monotonous continues in us
Towards the end of the war many of american soldiers. In the US had been doing odd and in jobs for over a month. -
Treaty of Versailles
Was signed and marked the official end of the war. All Allied powers signed except for germany who had little participation in the making of the treaty.
