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The Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
In late June 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife visited the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. As they were driving through the city a Bosnian revolutionary named Gavrilo Princip rushed to their car and shot them to death. Gavrilo was a member of a Serbian nationalist group nicknamed the "Black Hand." Serbian officials knew of the assassination and hoped that it would start a war that would bring down the Austro-Hungarian Empire. -
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World War I
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The War Begins
After the assassination of Franz, Austria soon declared land on Serbia on the 28th which caused Russia to declare war on on Austria-Hungary and then THAT caused Germany to declare war on Russia because of its alliance with Austria-Hungary and then two days later After declaring war on Russia, Germany declared war on France. Causing the beginning of World War I -
The lusitania: US leaning into the war
The Lusitania was not the actual trigger for the US joining the war but it made the US realize that it would become difficult and costly to send supplies over seas, and infuriated many Americans, calling for the Woodrow administration to take action. -
The U.S. enters the war
There was never one simple event that caused the US to join the war, but more of a slew of reasons, which include, the huge naval race, and Germany's unrestricted warfare on the sea's which included the sinking of the Lusitania, also because of the strong nationalist feeling in the country many were infuriated by the losses, the final straw was the interception of the Zimmerman Telegram by US intelligence agents, the telegram was an offer from Germany to Mexico which mention that Germany would a -
Communists seize Russia
Russia, soon fell out of the war in March, and by November the country was in a full revolution, which was eventually settled by the fall of the Czar Nicholas II, and the rise of the Bulshaviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, and became the communist leader of the Country with the signing of the Treaty of Bret-Litovsk. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends war between Russia and Germany
With the treaty Lenin was able to become the communist leader of Russia, but in the treaty Germany was given a good portion of Russia's territory which included: the Ukraine, Poland, and Baltic Territories, plus Finland, so now Germany could concentrate on the fight on the western front. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
The attack began on September 26, 1918. It was between the Meuse River and the Argonne Forest. The American army has 600,000 troops, some 40,000 tons of supplies, and roughly 4,000 artillery pieces for the most massive attack in history. Slowly the German position fell one by one due to the advancing American troops. Germany inflicted heavy casualties on the American forces, but by early November the Americans shattered the German lines. -
Armistice ends the fighting
As the end of the war neared the empire's that consisted of the central powers began falling apart and crumbling the the Ottoman Empire quickly fell as rebellions raged over the country, forcing the Ottomans to step down, the same was happening in Germany and the German Emperor stepped down from power, and Germany signed the Armistice that ended the fighting across the western front. -
Treaty Of Versailles officially ends war
in basic terms most of the blame was pointed at Germany, the treaty stripped Germany of its right to have a fully armed army and forced Germany to pay for most of they damages for the war, simply put the only real accomplishment of the war was that it created the conditions for World War II to take place.
