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General John J. Pershing became AEF leader
Although Pershing aimed to maintain the independence of the AEF, his willingness to integrate. -
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
A teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, as their motorcade maneuvered through the streets of Sarajevo. Next in line for the Austro-Hungarian throne, Ferdinand had not been particularly well liked in aristocratic circles. -
Schlieffen Plan
operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in response to international tension, had started to mobilise her forces near the German border. -
Trench warfare began
Of the First World War can be said to have begun! -
Christmas Truce along Western Front
Christmas Truce is often celebrated as a symbolic moment of peace in, Along the Western Front -
Germans introduce poison gas
The Germas use of chlorine gas provoked immediate widespread condemnation, and certainly damaged German relations. -
Sinking of Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred. -
Sussex Pledge
during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war. -
Battle of Verdun
The largest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The text of the so-called Zimmermann Telegram, a message from the German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmermann, to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between the United States and Germany, is published on the front pages of newspapers across. -
President Woodrow Wilson asked for declaration of war
Wilson asks Congress to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany in World War I. -
Committee on Public Information formed
Committee on Public Information, also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States created to influence U.S. public opinion regarding American participation in World War I. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also known as the Maas-Argonne Offensive and the Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I. -
World War I ended
World War I was finally over. This first global conflict had claimed from 9 million dead. -
Selective Service Act became law
in June of that year, created a new and separate system, the basis for the modern system.
