1920's and Prohibition

By lori eversole

  • June 28, 1914

    Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated.

  • May 7, 1915

    German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania during crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, killing 128 Americans.

  • July 28, 1914

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I.

  • August 2-7, 1914

    Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium. France invades Alsace. British forces arrive in France. Nations allied against Germany were eventually to include Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia, Romania, Greece, France, Belgium, United States, Canada, Serbia, India, Portugal, Montenegro, and Poland.

  • August 10, 1914

    Austria-Hungary invades Russia.

  • September 9, 1914

    Allied forces halt German advance into France during First Battle of the Marne.

  • February 18, 1915

    Germany begins naval blockade of Great Britain.

  • April 25, 1915

    Allied forces land on the Gallipoli Peninsula of the Ottoman Empire.

  • May 23, 1915

    Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.

  • February 21, 1916

    Germany begins the attack on Verdun.