Timeline: America in WWI | Timetoast

Jun 28, 1914

the Assassinations of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War One
Jul 28, 1914

Germany Declares War on Belgium

They invade in a right flanking move in an attempt to defeat France quickly. As a result of the invasion, Britain Declares War on Germany.
Jul 28, 1914

Austria- Hungary delcares war on Serbia.
Jul 31, 1914

Mobilization of Russian Armed Forces
Period: Jul 31, 1914 to Dec 3, 1917

Russia
Aug 1, 1914

Germany Declares War on Russia
Aug 3, 1914

Germany Declares War on France
Period: Aug 3, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

France's time in WWI
Period: Aug 4, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Britian's time in WWI
Aug 6, 1914

Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.
Aug 22, 1914

Battle of the Frontiers

27,000 French soldiers die on this day in an offensive thrust to the east of Paris, towards the German borders.
Sep 15, 1914

First trenches of the Western Front are dug.
Dec 25, 1914

Christmas Truce along the Western Front
Jan 1, 1915

WWI becomes a Total War

German Zeppelin Air raid on England
Period: Apr 25, 1915 to Dec 28, 1915

Battle of Gallipoli
May 7, 1915

Sinking of the Lusitania

1198 Civilians die total, including 128 Americans
Feb 10, 1916

British Conscription Law goes into effect
Feb 21, 1916

The Battle of Verndun Begins

Est. 1 million Casualties
Period: Feb 21, 1916 to Dec 18, 1916

The battle of Verndun
Jan 19, 1917

Zimmermann Telegram is discovered
Mar 15, 1917

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates. Provisional Government is declared.
Apr 6, 1917

President Wilson asks to go to War.

Asked Congress for a declaration of war with Imperial Germany,
Period: Apr 6, 1917 to Nov 11, 1918

United State's time in WWI
May 18, 1917

Selective Service Act is passed
Jul 3, 1917

American Expeditionary Force Lands in France
Jul 16, 1917

Tsar Nicholas II and his family are murdered by the Bolsheviks
Oct 23, 1917

American Troops Fire their first shots in trench warfare.
Nov 7, 1917

Bolshevik Revolution
Dec 3, 1917

Leon Trotsky signs an Armistince with Germany.
Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 31, 1919

Spanish Flu
Jan 8, 1918

Wilson's Fourteen Points are declared.
Aug 8, 1918

Allies push back German Troops at the Somme

Germany retreats
Nov 9, 1918

Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
Nov 10, 1918

Republic of Germany is founded
Nov 11, 1918

WWI Ends
Period: Dec 4, 1918 to Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles
Jun 28, 1919

Peace Treaty signed