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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, were shot dead in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip. Princip was sentenced to 20 years in jail.
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Began in Europe, it was the first global war. July 28th through December 9th Austria-Hungary repeatedly invades Serbia but is repeatedly repulsed.
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Germany attacked on August 3rd. The next day Great Britain declared war on Germany.
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It was fought by Russia and Germany and resulted in almost complete destruction of Russia's second Army. A series of smaller battles desroyed Germany's First Army as well.
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The French finally surenders at the start of the war.
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The British planned to attack German patrols off the north-west German coast. Three German light cruisers and one destroyer were sunk. Three more light cruisers were damaged, 712 sailors killed, 530 injured and 336 taken prisoner.
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Fought between september 5th and 12th and resulted in a German loss.
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The British Empire's Indian Expeditionary Force D was defeated by Ottoman forces and later surrendered.
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The Ship was hit by a torpedo shot by a German U-20 Ship.The Ship sank in eighteen minutes.
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One of the major battles of the first World War that lasted between Febuary 21st untill December 18th 1916.The Battle ended in a French victory.
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The German's naval policy was the major reason why the United States declared war on Germany. After sinking the Lusitania Americans grew hatred to Germany, motiviating Woodrow wilson to go declare war. This was so much of an influence that it was said without the sinking of the Lusitania, the United States most likely would not of entered the war.
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Was the largest navel battle of the war.
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Also known as the Somme Offensive, lasted between July first and November 18th of 1916. the battle consisted of Britain and France fighting against Germany.
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The United States decalares War on Germany in responce to the sinking, by German U boats, of US ships.
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On 10 February 1918 declaring Russia's withdrawal from the Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations.
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Luderndorff launched the offensive. In just five hours, the Germans fired one million artillery shells at the British lines held by the Fifth Army – over 3000 shells fired every minute. By the end of the first day of the attack, 21,000 British soldiers had been taken prisoner and the Germans had made great advances through the lines of the Fifth Army.
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The end of the War took place in Western Europe at 11A.M.
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Woodrow Wilson decided to head the U.S. delegation to the peace conference in Paris at the end of World War I, in doing so he became the first president to visit Europe during his term in office.
