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Fokkers Fascination with Flight
Fokker creates his first airplane the spin. Its first flights were only able to reach about 100 yards. His business partner wrecks the plane into a tree. -
Fokkers First Flight
Fokker creates his first airplane the spin. Its first flights were only able to reach about 100 yards. His business partner wrecks the plane into a tree. -
The Prototypes
After Fokker’s first plane was wrecked he created the Spin II. He goes on to earn his pilots licence in this plane. He later creates the Spin III. -
The War Begins
On this date Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by Black Hand. His country of Austria-Hungary blames Serbia and declares war on them. This creates a domino effect in which most of Europe goes to war. -
The Battle of Marne
This is the battle in which trench warfare is first used. Both sides began to bunker down into the dirt. The French also stopped the rapidly advancing Germans. -
Britian's Blockade of Germany
Britain declares the sea North of Germany as a war zone. They create a blockade around Germany. They hope that this will prevent supplies from reaching Germany. -
The German Blockade of Great Britian
In response to the British blockade, the Germans create a blockade around Great Britain. German submarines soon surround the island. They are very effective in blocking ships on there way to Britain. -
The Interrupter Gear
Anthony Fokker creates his interrupter gear. This allows planes to have forward pointing machine guns on planes without shooting the propellers. This new invention is a series of levers that are connected to the drive shaft and the machine gun. When the propeller is in front of the gun the gear is activated and stops the plane from firing. -
The first use of Poison Gas
In the second battle of Ypres the Germans use poison gas that is effective for the first time. The Germans used chlorine that they put in shells. The canisters would explode on contact with the ground and release its gas. By the end of the war though, gas became less effective because of countermeasures like gasmask. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The RMS Lusitania was a merchant ship and was sunk by a German u boat. 1,198 people died, of those 128 were American. This was another one of the major reasons that America join WWI. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman telegram was a telegram sent from Germany to Mexico. The telegram asked for Mexico to attack the United States and in return Mexico would receive Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. The telegram was intercepted by the United States. This deeply angered the United States and was one of the main reasons that they entered the war. -
The D-VII
Anthony Fokker designs and develops the D-VII. He designs it with the help of the “Red Baron.” The “Baron” dies before he can flie the plane. -
America Enters the War
America enters the war after the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram. America joins on the side of Great Britain, Russia, and France. -
The Armistice
Germany signs the armistice, which is a unofficial treaty. The war unofficially ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. This is the unofficial end to the war. -
The Red Baron is shot down
After claiming 80 kills, Manfred von Richthofen is shot down over enemy lines. Richthofen is one of the most celebrated pilots of World War one. The Red Baron flew an all red Fokker Dr.I triplane. The Red Baron also helped create and design planes with Fokker. -
Treaty of Versailles
At the end of the war all countries involved in the war met to sign a treaty in Versailles, France. All of the victorious countries blame Germany for causing the war. They make Germany split apart, demilitarize, and pay money to the victors for their losses.
