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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is the event that sparks World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip.
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Germany invades Belgium, beginning World War I. The war began because the leader of Austria-Hungary had been assassinated.
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The German army called them “Salad bowls”! They were very uncomfortable, but at least they gave soldiers some protection.
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In the end 26.4% of all Scots who enlisted became casualties.
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In America, suspicion of Germans was so high that even German Shepherd dogs were killed. The names frankfurters, hamburgers, sauerkraut, and dachshunds were all changed to American names.
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A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans.
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Germans were the first ones in the war to use flamethrowers.
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The tanks were TOP SECRET work. Even the factory workers who made the vehicle kept the tanks in the dark. Tanks were originally going to be called “landships” but they used the name tanks to confuse their enemy.
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Edgar Andrews served as a runner, machine gunner, and a section chief. His unit of service was company A, 102nd Machine gun battalion, 26th division; Massachusetts Army National Guard.
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British intelligence gives Wilson the so-called Zimmermann Telegram, a message from German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann proposing that Mexico side with Germany in case of war between Germany and the United States. In return, Germany promises to return to Mexico the "lost provinces" of Texas and much of the rest of the American Southwest. Mexico declines the offer, but the outrage at this interference in the Western Hemisphere pushes American public opinion to support entering the war
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Congress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. The United States entered World War I on the side of France and Britain.
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Archduke’s licence plate read 111 118, that could be read as Armistice 11 November ‘18.
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An Armistice is signed ending fighting on the Western Front. Which we changed in 1954 to Veterans day.
