World War 1

  • (EU) Funeral of King Edward

    (EU) Funeral of King Edward

    It brought everyone together with the people that were going to war four years later
  • (US) President Woodrow Wilson Inaugurated

    (US) President Woodrow Wilson Inaugurated

    President Woodrow Wilson. who served as commander in chief during World War 1, offcially becomes President for the first of two terms.
  • (EU) Archduke Franz Ferdinand Shot in Sarajevo

    (EU) Archduke Franz Ferdinand Shot in Sarajevo

    On this day, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event is often considered the spark for world war 1, which would grow because of entangling alliances.
  • (EU) Germany Attacks and Declares War on France

    (EU) Germany Attacks and Declares War on France

    Two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declares war on France, moving ahead with a long-held strategy, conceived by the former chief of staff of the German army.
  • (EU) Britain Declares War on Germany

    (EU) Britain Declares War on Germany

    Belgium's ports were close to the British coast and German control of Belgium would have been seen as a serious threat to Britain. In the end, Britain refused to ignore the events of 4 August 1914, when Germany attacked France through Belgium.
  • (EU) Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire

    (EU) Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire

    Enver Pasha had succeeded in bringing the Ottoman Empire into the First World War on the side of the Germany and Austria-Hungary.
  • (EU) Christmas Truce of 1914

    (EU) Christmas Truce of 1914

    The Christmas truce was a series of widespread but unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of World War I around Christmas 1914.
  • (US) Sinking of the Lusitania

    (US) Sinking of the Lusitania

    The Americans were sending supplies to Britain but they had weapons so the Germans were planning to sink it and they warned the US to not let humans get on the ship because they will sink it and later they did
  • (US) US chases Pancho Villa

    (US) US chases Pancho Villa

    The Mexican Revolution was happening and US was trying to kill Pancho but couldn't which made them realize that their army was not ready for a war.
  • (EU)Battle of the Somme

    (EU)Battle of the Somme

    Also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire.
  • (US) Election of 1916

    (US) Election of 1916

    Woodrow Wilson won the election by just a few votes. He did not want to go to war and Charles Evans Hughes did so half of US wanted to go to war and the other half did not.
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram

    German ambassador gave president of Mexico a telegram saying to be allies with them, tell Japan to join the war, and to fight USA.
  • (EU) The Russian revolution

    (EU) The Russian revolution

    Tsar Nicholas ll is removed from power on March 15. It removed Russia from the war.
  • (US) Woodrow Wilson ask Congress for Declaration of War

    (US) Woodrow Wilson ask Congress for Declaration of War

    Woodrow Wilson got mad at Germany for sinking the Lusitania and going behind there backs with México.
  • (US) United States Declares War on Germany

    (US) United States Declares War on Germany

    The congress agreed on declaring was on Germany
  • (US) American Combat

    (US) American Combat

    The American combat arrived at France because they were allies during the war. When African Americans got to France they got treated better than in the U.S..
  • (US) American Women

    (US) American Women

    American Women went to Europe to serve as bilingual telephone operators for the AEF.
  • (US) Fourteen Points

    (US) Fourteen Points

    Windrow Wilson came up with fourteen reasons why the war should end.
  • (EU) Spring Offensive

    (EU) Spring Offensive

    Germany attacks the Western Front because they wanted to defeat the allies and end WW1. They knew the Germany would attack, but Germany still succeed.
  • (US) Battle of Cantigny

    (US) Battle of Cantigny

    First major and offensive battle that the US fought in during WW.
  • (EU) Armistice

    (EU) Armistice

    Germany agrees to an armistice and the fighting stops on November the eleventh at 11:00am.
  • (EU) Treaty of Versailles

    (EU) Treaty of Versailles

    Germany surrendered and signed a peace treaty to end the war