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The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
On his way to a meeting in Sarajevo, the capital of Serbia, a man first attempted to kill him by throwing a bomb at his convertible car. Luckily nothing happened to him and his family. Security suggested that they should take a different route, but Ferdinand insisted to continue the route. Then, a man by the name, Gavrilo Princip, got up close to the family and shot them all. -
The First Battle of the Marne
The Schlieffen Plan was created by Germany to invaded neutral countries, like Belgium. Once Ferdinand was killed, many countries had declared war on each other. Germany then decided to invoke the plan a completely run through Belgium. The French knew what was coming and the first major battle of the War broke out, about 25 miles away from the French capital. -
Sussex Pledge
After the Sussex incident, the Allies and Germany made an agreement for Germany to stop sinking merchant and/or passenger ships. This act was later repealed because of the advancement of submarine warfare. -
The Battle of the Somme
Perhaps one of the most brutal battle of all time, the Battle of the Somme was fought between France with Britain and Germany. There was approximately 870,000 casualties that battle alone. -
US declares war on the Central Powers.
President Woodrow Wilson declared war on the Central Powers after multiple submarines had been sunken. Overtime, it looked like the US had shot themselves in the foot because of new disease, debt, and scarce resources. -
The Treaty of Versailles
Responsible of ending the War, the Treaty of Versailles had many more components to neutralize the power that certain countries had. For example, the treaty had forced Germany to give up land, pay for reparations, and demilitarize the army in neutral zones.
