World War 1

By tlorrain18

  • Archduke Francis Ferdinand is Assassinated

    On June 28, 1914 Archduke Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated by Bosnian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip.

  • Austria-Hungary Declares War!

    Austria-Hungary, convinced that Serbia was responsible for the assassination, declares war on their "little enemy" Serbia.

  • Germany Declares War!

    Germany, allianced with Austria-Hungary, declares war on Russia who is allianced with Serbia.

  • France and Great Britain Join the War

    When Germany declared war on Russia, it also declared war on Great Britain and France who were allianced with Russia. These alliances caused them to enter the war.

  • America is Proclaimed Neutral

    To protect American investments, Wilson declared that the United States of America was to be a neutral country.

  • Suffragists rally for Peace

    American suffragists march down the streets of New York rallying for peace. Later in 1915 a group of social reformers created the American Union Against Militarism.

  • Ottoman Empire joins the Central Powers

    At the end of the year 1914 the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers.

  • Italy Joins the War

    In the spring of 1915 Italy joins the war on the side of the Allies,

  • The Lusitania Sinks!

    A German U-boat spots the passenger ship, Lusitania, and fires a torpedo. This hits and the Lusitania sinks kiling 128 american citizens. Tis outraged the American public.

  • Bulgaria joins the War

    In October of 1915 Bulgaria joins the side of the Central Powers

  • Romania sides with the Allies

    After Bulgaria joined in 1915, Romania sided with the allies the following year.

  • Battle of Somme

    In the Battle of Somme the British lost more than 20,000 men in one day of combat due to modern warfare.

  • Wilson runs for Second Term

    In the Presidential Election of 1916 Wilson runs again promising to keep the U.S. out of the War. He wins the election with a narrow victory.

  • The Sussex Pledge

    A German U-boat torpedoes the French passenger steamship, Sussex. The attack killed/injured 80 passengers. The U.S. crreated the Sussex Pledge which told Germnay that they had to warn ships before attacking.

  • The Zimmerman Note

    In 1917 Great Britain intercepts a German telegram to Mexico. They gave it to the U.S. This telegram said that if Mexico joined the Central Powers and attcked the U.S. Germany would take back some fo the land for Mexico that was currently part of America.

  • Germany tests America's Patience

    Germany again tests Wilson's patience saying that they were ending the Sussex Pledge. They then continued submarine warfare the folowing day.

  • America Ends Relations with Germany

    The United States ends all diplomatic relations with Germany after they broke the Sussex Pledge. Later Wilson asks Congress for permission to arm all American merchant ships.

  • Russia in Turmoil

    In March 1917, Czar Nicholas II was forced to give up his throne. The Monarchy was replaced by a republican government system.
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    War Resolution

    German U-boats sink three U.S. ships, (City of Memphis, Illinois, and Vigilancia) Wilson's patience runs out and the Cabinet vote for war.

  • America joins the War

    The Congress draws up a war resolution and President Wilson signs it. America joins the war on the side of the Allies.

  • Selective Service Act

    Congress passes the Selective Service Act.This will draft men between the ages of 21-30 years old. By November of 1918 24 million men had registered for the draft. Only 3 million were chosen to serve.

  • American Troops arrive in France

    American troops, led by General Pershing, arrive in France

  • Lenin overthrows Russia's Republic

    Vladmir Lenin, leader of the Bolsheviks, violently overthrow the Russian republic.

  • Wilson talks of Peace

    The war had not yet ended, yet Wilson urged for peace. He created a plan known as the 14 points.

  • Russia and Germany make Peace

    Russia signs a treaty with Germany. This allows Germany to not have to fight a two-front war. Now it could focus solely on the Western Front.

  • Germany Attacks British Lines

    For the first time since 1914 Germany breaks through the trences and they quickly advance into Allied territory. They make it 50 miles away from Paris.

  • Battle of Amiens

    The Battle of Amiens was when the Allies stopped the German advance in the north and they also recaptured some of the land Germany had taken from them.

  • Breaking Down Germany

    The Battle fo St. Mihiel was the first major military effort on the behalf of America. The fianl Allied assualt, the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, broke down the last of Germany's strongholds.

  • Guns Fall Silent

    An armisitce was signed on November 11 and all guns fell silent.

  • Peace Conference in Paris

    There was an international peace conference in Paris at the beginning of the year 1919. Wilson went in looking for peace. He would soon find out that other nations wanted not peace, but punishment.

  • Treaty of Versailles

    The Treaty was presented to germany who at first refused. When at risk of French invasion they agreed. This treaty stated that Germany dhould pay $33 billion in reparations adn make their military much smaller.

  • End of the Hostilities

    Congress voted a disregard to the Treaty of Versialles and the war was declared as officially over. Wilson vetoed and another resoloution was passed on June 2.