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the assassination of Franz Ferdinand sparks what will become world war 1
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the germans fire shells filled with chlorine gas, but the germans could not take control of the breach still
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germans sink the ship which carried over a thousand passengers 128 of them are americans
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British deploy the first tanks at delville woods
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the zimmerman telegram was intercepted by the british which in turn sent it to wilson. the telegram was on its way to mexico from the germans to see if the mexicans would help them and in return they would give them texas, arizona, and new mexico
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russia gives land to germany that used to be Ukraine and Poland
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the first major american offensive of the war
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the farthest german advance on paris
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300,000 americans fling themselves at german lines