World War I

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  • Archduke Ferdinand Assassinated

    Archduke Ferdinand Assassinated

    Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrillo Princip; member of the Black Hand
  • Austria Declares War on Serbia

    Austria Declares War on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. German government rejects British proposal.
  • German Government

    German Government

    Make proposal to secure British neutrality.
  • Germany Declares War on France

    Germany Declares War on France

    Belgian government refuses German demands. British government guarantee armed support to Belgium. Germany declares war on France.
  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia

    Battle of the Frontiers begins in France.
  • England

    England

    First German air raid on England. Aeroplane dropped bombs in sea near Dover.
  • England

    England

    First bomb dropped on English soil. Second raid of England.
  • Battle of Ypres

    Battle of Ypres

    Battle of Ypres begins in 1915.
  • Italy

    Italy

    Italy denounces the Triple Alliance.
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania

    Germans shoot down the Lusitania.
  • Second Battle of Ypres

    Second Battle of Ypres

    Fight for the control over strategic Flemish town.
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram

    Germany was going to ask Mexico to help them fight against the U.S. Instead, the U.S. intercepted the telegram.
  • "He kept us out of war."

    "He kept us out of war."

    Woodrow Wilson's campaign slogan.
  • "The world must be made safe for democracy."

    "The world must be made safe for democracy."

    U.S. enters war in 1917.
  • First German gas cloud attack

    First German gas cloud attack

  • First American ship sunk by German Submarine

    First American ship sunk by German Submarine