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Christmas Truce along Western Front
The Christmas truce of 1914 is often celebrated as a symbolic moment of peace in an otherwise devastatingly violent war. We may life to believe that for just one day, all across the front, men from both sides emerged from the trenches and met in no man's land to exchange gifts and play football. -
Schlieffen Plan
The Schieffen plan was the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia,in respinse to international tension,had started to mobilise her forces near the German border. The execution of the Schlieffen plan ed to Britain declaring war on Germant on August 4th 1914 -
Trench warfare began
The first world war can be said to have begu in september and ended when the Allies made a breakthrough attack that began in the late july 1918.Before and after those dates were wars of movemnet in between it was a war of entrenchment. -
Archucke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
In an envent that is widely ackonwledeged to have sparked the outbreak of the world war 1, Archduke Franz ferfinand,nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire,is shot to the death along with his wife by a serbian nationalist in sarajevo,bosnia on this say in 1914 -
Germans introduce poison gas
German forces shcok allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres,Belgium. This was the first major attack by the Germans, and it devastated the Allied line. -
Sinking of Lusitania
Less than a year after World war 1 erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner an route from New York to Liverpool,England. Of the more than 1,900 passengers and crew members on board, more than 1,100 perished, including more than 120 americans. Nearly two years would pass before the united states formally entered World War 1, but the sinking of the Lusitania played a significant role in turning public opinion against Germany, both in the us -
Battle of Verdun
This World war 1 Siege stemmed from German general erich von Falkenhayn's edict to elicit moajor bloodshed from the French defense of the fortress complex around Verun.German forces advanced quickly in February 1916, claiming fort douaumont and fort vaux after brutal subterranea melees. despite coming within two miles of verdun cathedral, the germans called off their offensive in mid- july, and falkenhayn was relieved of his position. both sides were left with more than 600,00 casualties. -
Sussex Pledge
The Sussex Pledge was a promise made in 1916 during World War1 by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war. Early in 1915, Germany has instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships, but ot passenger ships, to be torpedoed without warning. -
General John J. Pershing became AEF leader
In 1917 President Woodrow Wilson selected Pershing to command the American troops being sent to Europe. Although Pershing aimed to maintain the independence of the AEF, his willingness to integrate into allied operation helped bring about armistice with Germant. After the war, Pershing served as army chief of staff from 1921 to 1924. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The text of the so called zimmermann telegram, a message from the German foreign secretary, arthur zommermann, to the geran 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 america. -
President Woodrow Wilson asked for declaration of war
President woodrow wilson asks congess to send U.S troops into battle against Germany in World War 1. In his address to congress that day, wilson lamented it is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war. Four days later, Congress Obliged and declared war on germany. -
Committee on Public Information formed
was established on April 13, 1917 and headed by George Creel. The CPI provided propaganda during WW1 to rally the support of American citizens for all aspects of the war effort. President Woodrow Wilson considered that public support was to the entire wartime effort. Information in the form of propaganda was provided by the Committee on Public Information and used in many different forms such as posters, pamphlets, magazines, billboards, movies, photographs, public speakers called the "Four Minu -
Selective Service Act became law
Some six weeks after the United states formally entered the First World War, the U.S congress passed the Selective Service Act on May 18,1917, giving the U.S. President the power to draft soldiers. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
After a six long bombardment over the previous night, more than 700 allied tanks followed closely by infantry troops, advance against German positions in the Argonne Forest and along the Meuse River.26,277 killed. -
World War I ended
n 1918, the infusion of American troops and resources into the western front finally tipped the scale in the Allies’ favor. Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies on November 11, 1918.World War I was known as the “war to end all wars” because of the great slaughter and destruction it caused. Unfortunately, the peace treaty that officially ended the conflict the Treaty of Versailles of 1919 forced punitive terms on Germany that destabilized Europe and laid the groundwork for World
