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Sims was promoted Captain
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia
An escalation of threats and mobilization orders followed the incident, leading by mid-August to the outbreak of World War I, which pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (the so-called Central Powers) against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. -
Austria-Hungary sends troops to the Serbian frontier
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Trenches are established along the entire Western Front.
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The first Zeppelin raid on London
kills seven and injures 35. British morale is shaken as Germany shows they can attack the capital at will. -
The Battle of Verdun
the longest battle of World War I. Was one of the bloodiest. -
Italy declares war on Germany
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US declares war on Germany.
Troops begin to mobilise immediately -
First US troops arrive in France.
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held a variety of naval intelligence and command positions.
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German and Russia peace
The Germans sign a peace treaty with the new Bolshevik government of Russia. The terms of the treaty give Germany huge tracts of land that had been the Ukraine and Poland, and peace on the Eastern Front allows Germany to shift soldiers to the Western Front, causing serious problems for the French, British, and Americans. -
after the war ended in Allied victory,
Sims publicly attacked tAmerican naval. He charged the failures had cost the Allies 2,500,000 tons of supplies,He estimated the delay had raised the cost of the war to the Allies by $15 billion. That it led to 500,000 lives being taken. -
retired from the navy
was promoted to full Admiral on the retired list in 1930. -
promoted to full Admiral on the retired list
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died
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France forced to sign humiliating treaty with Germany that ends Franco-Prussian War.
the French were also ordered to pay an indemnity of five billion francs.
