World War 1

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  • Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated.

  • Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated.

  • Austria-Hungary invades Russia

  • Battle of Mons

  • First Battle of the Marne

  • Allied forces halt German advance into France during First Battle of the Marne.

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    First Battle of Ypres

  • Battle of Dogger Bank

  • Germany begins naval blockade of Great Britain.

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    Gallipoli Campaign

  • Allied forces land on the Gallipoli Peninsula of the Ottoman Empire.

  • German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania during crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, killing 128 Americans

  • Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary

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    Battles of the Isonzo

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    Battle of Verdun

  • Sussex Incident

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    Battle of Jutland

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    First Battle of the Somme

  • Germany returns to unrestricted submarine warfare halted after the sinking of the Lusitania.

  • United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.

  • United States declares war on Germany.

  • General John J. Pershing, newly selected commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, arrives in England with his staff

  • American combat forces arrive in France

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    June Offensive

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    Battle of Passchendaele

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    Battle of caporetto

  • Russia signs armistice with Germany

  • American women recruited to serve as bilingual telephone operators for the AEF arrive in Europe.

  • Harold Ross assumes editorship of The Stars and Stripes.

  • President Woodrow Wilson presents to Congress his outline of Fourteen Points required for peace.

  • Stars and Stripes begins publication with a first issue of one thousand copies. Second Lieutenant Guy T. Viskniskki is the first managing editor of the newspaper.

  • Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.

  • Germany begins final offensive of the war.

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    Second Battle of the Somme

  • United States forces are victorious in the Battle of Cantigny, the first independent American operation.

  • American forces stop German attempt to cross the Marne River at Chateau-Thierry.

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    Second Battle of the Marne

  • Stars and Stripes suspends the Sporting Page

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    Battle of Amiens

  • American First Army attacks St. Mihiel salient.

  • Battles of the Meuse-Argonne

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    Allied forces begin the attack at Meusse-Argonne, the final offensive of the war

  • Germany signs the Armistice at Compiègne, ending World War I

  • British and American forces enter Germany

  • Stars and Stripes War Orphans Adoption Campaign ends after raising 123,047 francs and placing 3,444 orphans for adoption.

  • Sporting Page returns to The Stars and Stripes.

  • Peace conference begins at Paris.

  • First anniversary of The Stars and Stripes. Circulation surpasses 500,000

  • Draft of the covenant of the League of Nations is completed.

  • Last issue of The Stars and Stripes is published.

  • Allied and German representatives sign treaty of Versailles. The United States signs treaty of guaranty, pledging to defend France in case of an unprovoked attack by Germany.

  • United States Senate fails to ratify Treaty of Versailles.

  • Treaty of Versailles takes effect.

  • United States Senate fails to ratify Treaty of Versailles for the second time.

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    United States signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary.