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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is the event that sparks World War I. -
Russia joins in
Russia mobilizes its vast army to intervene against Austria-Hungary in favor of its ally, Serbia. This move starts a chain reaction that leads to the mobilization of the rest of the European Great Powers, and inevitably to the outbreak of hostilities. -
The great war begins
Germany invades Belgium, beginning World War I. -
Lusitania is sunken by German submarine
A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans. -
America joins the war
Congress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. The United States enters World War I on the side of France and Britain. -
Private Lamb gets a letter
The Duluth ministry sends a letter to private lamb -
Dear uncle Lon
private lamb send a letter to his uncle -
Dear dad
Private Lamb sends a letter to his father -
dear mother
Private Charles sends a letter two his mother -
Dear Mary
Private Lamb sends a letter to someone named mary -
Dear Stanley
Private Lamb sends a letter to someone named Stanley -
The great war ends
An Armistice is signed ending fighting on the Western Front. -
special orders
Private Charles Stanley Lamb recieves secial orders for something unknown to me
