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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was in Sarajevo, Bosnia he was shot to death along with his wife Serbian on this day in 1914. -
Brithish uses tanks and deville wood
Tanks allowed troops to leave their trenches without getting hurt.Devillewood was sometimes called Devil's wood,the were fighting during the battle of Somme was particularly ferocious. -
Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was also called the Zimmermann Note.Foreign Office in Jan 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Mexico an Germany in the event of the United States entering War World 1 against Germany. -
President Woodrow Wilson talks to Congress about going into war
On April.2,1917 President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany.Four days later, Congress voted overwhelming in favor of a war declaration. -
US enters war world 1
On April.6,1917 the us joined the allied Britain,France and Russia to fight in War World 1.Under the command of Major General John. J Pershing , more than 2 million US soilders fought battlefields in France.Many Americans wanted were not in favor of the US entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. -
US passes seletive service act
Six weeks after the United States joined War World one the US congress passed the selective service act on May,18.1917 giving the US president the power to draft soldiers. -
Armistice Day
Armistice Day is on November 11 to mark the armistice sighed between the Allied of War World 1 and Germany. -
Senate rejects league of nations
On this day in 1919, the senate spurned the Treaty of Versailles that had ended World War 1 and provided for a new world body, championed by president Woodrow Wilson. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania was a British luxury cruise ship. In 1907 the Lusitania held the place of the largest ship in the world. On May 7 1915 the Lusitania was approaching the coast of -
Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates and goes to exile
Kaiser Wilhelm ll abdicated as German Emperor and King of Prussia on the in November 28 of 1918 from exile in Amerongen.
