World War I

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Jun 28, 1914

he political objective of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary's south-Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Greater Serbia or a Yugoslavia

World War 1

Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Lord Kitchener calls for 10,000 men to join the British army

Aug 7, 1914

he knows he need the help and need to win so he works hard to recieve 10,000 men

Sinking of Lusitania

May 7, 1915

Off the coast of ireland they lanched a torpedo which caused the ship to sink in 18 min.More than half the people inthe boat died.They did this because they germans thought they where transporting war material.

Germans attack Verdun

Feb 21, 1916

this was a battle between the german and the french army.the german army won.

first use of tanks

Jul 1, 1916

the first time they used a tank in a battle. this battle was the battle of summe

U.S declares war on Germany

Apr 6, 1917

This was because Germany wasn't following the rules of warfare

British attack at Passche Daele

Oct 12, 1917

Arministice

Nov 11, 1918

This a aprt in war where warring parties decide to stop fighting.It is the most significant armistic in histiry .the Germans signed it.

Paris Peac Conference

Jan 12, 1919

Thos was a confernece to set peaace terms with Germany and other defeated nations.

tready of Versalles

Jun 28, 1919

Peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.