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Graduated Highschool
on this date, Archibald Aslop graduated from a private school in Cinneticut, after his fathers bat company failed in minnisota. He graduated and wanted to follow in his fathers footsteps. He later joined the military after he couldnt get the funds to start the company. -
Archduke assination
This is the event that started ww1. a teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, as their motorcade maneuvered through the streets of Sarajevo. Next in line for the Austro-Hungarian throne, Ferdinand had not been particularly well liked in aristocratic circles -
Russia mobilizes troops
Russia mobolizes it's troops. this is the start of allies in ww1. Also, led to the mobilization of the rest of europe. -
Chemical warfare
A range of different chemicals were used as weapons throughout the conflict. The French were actually the first to utilise them in conflict, when they attempted to use tear gas against the German army in August 1914. The precise agent used seems to be uncertain, with both xylyl bromide and ethyl bromoacetate being mentioned; both are colourless liquids, with the former having an odour described as ‘pleasant and aromatic’, and the latter being described as ‘fruity and pungent’. -
Germans fire
The germans fire shells filled with chlorine gas. They almost took out the entire french front. This event led to what was the first and last war that deadly chemicals were used. -
Enrolled in stanford
After being unsucesful in trying to start his buisness, he enrolled in stanford. He was going for a mechinical engieneering degree. He later left stanford and went to yales medical school. -
The first tank
On this day in 1915, a prototype tank nicknamed Little Willie rolls off the assembly line in England. Little Willie was far from an overnight success. It weighed 14 tons, got stuck in trenches and crawled over rough terrain at only two miles per hour. However, improvements were made to the original prototype and tanks eventually transformed military battlefields. -
Flame throwers
Germans were the first to use flamethrowers in WWI. Their flamethrowers could fire jets of flame as far as 130 feet (40 m). It was extremley effective. -
US enters the war
Us declares war on germany. REason is becasue of the zimmerman tellegram sent from germany to mexico. the telegram was telling mexico to attack america. -
Carrying the wounded
Camels carrying wounded men on the northwestern front. Theyre used for this because of their remarkably strong backs. they were also plentyful on the norhtwestern front, and used for many differnet purposes. -
Arived at camp
He arrived at camp and describes what he's seen and what he's doing. The first thing he does is write to his girfriend. He describes the camp as nice. -
Young love <3
Archibald Aslop send a cute lteer to his girlfriend jessie. It's describing the beautiful scenary of england. he tells her "you'd love to see it here, its beautiful" -
Laying telephone wires
A german war dog is pictured laying telephone wires across the arw front. this is helpful becuase then the germans would be elidgable to communicate better. dogs were also used to sniff out gas and mines. -
Cold day at the base
This is a picture from within the camp. he is standing in a yard with what seems to be a church in the backround. He is dressed warm because its a cold day in late november. -
German & Russian peace treaty
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers , that ended Russia's participation in World War I. The treaty was signed at Brest-Litovsk after two months of negotiations. The treaty was forced on the Bolshevik government by the threat of further advances by German and Austrian forces
