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Archduke Franz Ferdinad was Assassinated
Archduke Franz Fredinard of Austria-Hungry was assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian Activist named Gavrilo Proncip. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany mobilizes their armed forces and declares was on Russia. -
Germany declares war on France
Germany declares war on France. -
Germany invades Belgium
Germany invades neutral Belgium, as the sencond step on the Schlieffen plan. -
U-Boats sink Lusitania
U-Boats sinks the Lusitania. 1,198 civilians, including 128 Americans. -
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Battle of the Somme
1 million casualties and no breakthrough for Allies. Tanks were introduced to the war. -
Woodrow Wilson re-elected
Woodrow Wilson re-elected as President of the U.S. With campaign slogan saying, "He kept us out of the war." -
Zimmermann Note
Foreign Secretary Zimmermann's telegram to Mexico incouraging their entry into war against the United States is discovered and translated by the British. -
Selective Service Act
The U.S passes Selective Service Act allowing the U.S to draft men to the army. -
Germans get stopped
Germans on the banks of the Marine near Paris are stopped by American Forces. -
War ends
At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 the wae ends.