Events of WW1

Events During WW1

Period: Jun 28, 1913 to Jun 28, 1920

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Jun 28, 1914

While driving down a street Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot and killed by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Creation of the U-Boat

Jul 28, 1914

Germans created U-boats to attack enemy ships while being underwater and gave them an advantage in navel warfare.

Use of Propaganda

Aug 4, 1914

Propaganda started being used to influence people to join the military, blame the enemy, start rationing food and drinks, and to buy war bonds (U.S only)

Use of the Machine Gun

Sep 8, 1914

With the use of the machine guns it made it possible to keep enemy troops at bay and prevent them from running into trenches.

Battle of Verdun

Feb 21, 1915

Germans attacked Verdun to spread out the French's power and troops

Start of Chemical Warfare

Apr 22, 1915

During this time people started using chemicals to kill enemy troops that would suffocate them.

The Sinking of the Lusitania

May 7, 1915

A German U-boat attacked a British ship called the Lusitania, killing 1200 people with 128 of them being American upsetting the U.S.

Battle of the Somme

Jul 1, 1916

British launched an attack in Somme River area to pull the German troops from Verdun

Introduction of Tanks

Sep 15, 1916

When the tank was first introduced to the war it allowed troops to flatten their enemy's fortifications.

The Zimmerman Telegram

Mar 1, 1917

A German minister sent a message to Mexico asking them to join their side in the war if the U.S decided to join in return for some land the U.S took from Mexico.

U.S Involvement in WW1

Apr 6, 1917

The U.S decided to join in the war and join the allied forces.

First Air Raid

Jun 13, 1917

The Germans used their airship to carry out an air raid on London

Russian Revolution

Oct 25, 1917

Vladimir Lenin leads the communist Bolsheviks to overthrow the Czar

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Mar 3, 1918

A treaty that Russia and the Central Powers signed that ended the Russians participation in the war.

The signing of The Treaty of Versaille

Jun 28, 1919

Signed in the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, France, The Treaty of Versaille made Germany pay for the damages caused by the war, limit their military and lose territory.