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A German submarine sinks the passenger ship Lusitania with 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans. (https://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html)
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A message from German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman proposing that Mexico side with Germany in case of war between Germany and the United States. (https://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html)
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Germany signed a peace treaty with the new Bolshevik government of Russia. (https://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html)
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Arnold Stephen Hoke went over the trenches with a group of boys. They were attempting to get German prisoners he never saw a German but 15 of his men were killed that he trained.(https://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html)
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First major American offensive of the war. It was small but Americans fought bravely, The U.S went on to fight bigger battles against Germany.(https://www.historyonthenet.com/world-war-one-timeline)
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Congress grants a declaration of war against Germany. Germany has got the U.S attention and the U.S wants to fight. (https://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html)
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Congress passed the Selective service act for the draft. President Wilson claims he sees no other option and signs the bill into law.
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America attacks the Germans at Chateau-Thierry. This battle would turn into the larger Battle of Belleau Wood. (https://www.historyonthenet.com/world-war-one-timeline)
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The Battle of Belleau Wood starts, the U.S. Marine Corps attacks the Germans in an open field of wheat, suffering huge casualties. (https://www.historyonthenet.com/world-war-one-timeline)
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He states it was the worst of all. It was done in a huge open field. They lost a lot of that day to heavy artillery and machine gun fire. (http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.31638/#vhp:clip)
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The final expulsion of the Germans from the Woods and marking the farthest German advance on Paris causing over 10,000 American deaths. (https://www.historyonthenet.com/world-war-one-timeline)
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Arnold Stephen Hoke was in the 3rd lines in this attack it was the Germans big attack and it was mostly by shell fire they lost a lot of people and he was wounded twice one being a little wound and the other being a shell exploding in front of him wounding his back. (http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.31638/#vhp:clip)
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Starts with 300,000 American troops under the direct command of General Pershing fling themselves into the German lines.
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They captured a village that became the headquarters it was full of supplies. They stayed in a farm house that was mined out. The others killed while he slept and one of his men that he trained died after losing his leg. (http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.31638/#vhp:clip)
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Wilhelm abdicates ending all German hope for a victory. He slipped over to the Netherlands where he lives his life defending his actions in the war. (https://ww1.sl.nsw.gov.au/explore/timeline)
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The end of fighting on the western front. The war was officially over. There were people celebrating all over.This was a great day for people.(https://ww1.sl.nsw.gov.au/explore/timeline)
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When he heard he was relieved that it was over and people all over were celebrating they used munition for firework displays. There was people smiling hugging and having drinks.
