1 battle of the somme

World war 1

By ownthajit

  • Francis Ferdinand is assassinated and World War 1 begins

    Francis Ferdinand is assassinated and World War 1 begins
    Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in order to free Bosnia of Austria-Hungarian rule, this led to the beginning of World War 1

  • German soldiers use poison gas.

    German soldiers use poison gas.
    The German soldiers fired over 150 tons of against the French, this was the first big attack of from the Germans and left the French devastated.

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania
    The RMS Lusitania was sunken by German soldiers.