World War 1

Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated

Jun 28, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is the event that sparks World War I.

Russia joins in

Jul 30, 1914

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

Aug 14, 1914

Germany invades Belgium, beginning World War I.

Lusitania is sunken by German submarine

May 7, 1915

A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans.

America joins the war

Apr 6, 1917

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

Mar 9, 1918

The Duluth ministry sends a letter to private lamb

Dear uncle Lon

Jun 6, 1918

private lamb send a letter to his uncle

Dear dad

Aug 8, 1918

Private Lamb sends a letter to his father

dear mother

Aug 25, 1918

Private Charles sends a letter two his mother

Dear Mary

Aug 25, 1918

Private Lamb sends a letter to someone named mary

Dear Stanley

Oct 31, 1918

Private Lamb sends a letter to someone named Stanley

The great war ends

Nov 11, 1918

An Armistice is signed ending fighting on the Western Front.

special orders

Apr 1, 1919

Private Charles Stanley Lamb recieves secial orders for something unknown to me