world war 1 class project

By roxannaelizabethh

  • assassination of Aruchduke Franz Ferdinand

    heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, assassinated in Sarajevo event kicked off World War I

  • Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia

  • beginning of the war.

  • causes of WWI

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • Belgium was invaded by Germany

  • Japan declares war on Germany.

  • The Battle of Tannenberg begins.

  • Battle of the Marne started

  • Germany attempted to blockade Great Britain

  • German forces sink the British ship Lusitania

  • The Battle of Verdun begins

  • The Battle of Jutland

  • Germany first used submarine warfare

  • US entered the war

  • The United States declares war on Germany.

  • The United States declares war on Germany.

  • Russia signs armistice with Germany

  • Germans mounted one final, massive attack on the allies in france

  • Allied forces reduced

  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany.

  • The Second Battle of the Marne begins.

  • War Stopped

    the armistice signed in paris

  • Treaty of Versailles

    contained the war guilt clause blaming germany for starting the war

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