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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The person who killed Ferdinand and his wife was Gavrilo Princip, he wanted independent for Bosnian because Austria-Hungary was occupying Bosnian land and they wanted independent. -
First Battle of the Marne
A great strategic victory was the First Battle of the Marne, as it enabled the French to continue the war. Nevertheless, the Germans managed to capture a large part of the industrial north-east of France, a severe blow. -
Germany declares war zone around British Isles
The Kaiser warned neutral countries that while traveling around the British Isles within the designated war zone, neither crews nor passengers were secure. If, after 18 February, when the policy went into effect, neutral ships chose to enter British waters, they would do so at their own risk. -
German U-boat sank
On May 7, 1915, after a German submarine sank the British passenger ship Lusitania, killing over 1,000 people, including 128 Americans, U.S. pressure prompted the German government to significantly restrict submarine operations; U-boat warfare was completely suspended in September. -
battle of Verdun
The French repulsed a major German offensive. This was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war. French casualties amounted to around 400,000, while German casualties were around 350,000. Some 300,000 people have been killed. -
Battle of the Somme
It began as an Allied offensive on the Western Front against German forces and became one of World War I's most bitter and expensive battles. After 18 months of trench deadlock, French forces wanted to achieve a decisive victory over the Germans on the Western Front. -
United States declares war on Germany
As his reasons for declaring war, Wilson cited Germany's violation of its commitment to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States. The U.S. on April 4th, 1917 In support of the measure, the Senate voted to declare war against Germany. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Brest-Litovsk Treaty was a peace treaty signed between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers on March 3, 1918, ending the participation of Russia in World War I. -
Battle of Chateaux Thierry
U.S. machine guns overlooking the site helped save the French army, and due to extreme loss of life, the Germans were forced to end their attack and retreat. -
ending World War 1
The Great War ended at 11 o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. At 5:00 a.m., That morning, in a railroad vehicle outside Compiégne, France, Germany, deprived of manpower and supplies and facing imminent invasion, signed an Armistice Agreement with the Allies. Nine million soldiers were killed and 21 million wounded in the First World War, with Germany, Russia, Austria, Hungary, France and Great Britain each losing almost a million or more lives. -
Treaty of Versailles
Germany was held accountable for the start of the war by the Treaty of Versailles and imposed severe penalties for loss of territory, massive reparation payments and demilitarization. The Versailles Treaty humiliated Germany while failing in the first place to solve the underlying problems that had led to war.
