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(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Woodrow Wilson got mad at Germany for sinking the Lusitania and going behind there backs with México. -
(US) United States Declares War on Germany
The congress agreed on declaring was on Germany -
(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
American Women went to Europe to serve as bilingual telephone operators for the AEF. -
(US) Fourteen Points
Windrow Wilson came up with fourteen reasons why the war should end. -
(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
First major and offensive battle that the US fought in during WW. -
(EU) Armistice
Germany agrees to an armistice and the fighting stops on November the eleventh at 11:00am. -
(EU) Treaty of Versailles
Germany surrendered and signed a peace treaty to end the war
