World War I

By Skyler Gillispie

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    A Serbian nationalist kills Archduke Ferdinand in Saravejo.
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    World War I

  • War is Declared

    Austrai-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

  • Germany declares war on Russia

    Germany declares war on Russia, also forming an alliance with Turkey.

  • Germany invades Luxembourg

  • Germany declares war on France

  • United States claims neutrality

    United States decides to remain nuetral on the war. Britian declares war on Germany.

  • Germany declares war on Belgium

  • France declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • Britian declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • Germany invades France

    Austria-Hungary invades Poland.
    Japan declares war on Germany.

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Belgium

  • 1st Battle of Ypres

  • Germany begins bread rationing

  • 2nd Battle of Ypres Begins

    Lasts through May 25th 1915. Germany uses poision gas as weapon against Allied troops.

  • Lusitania is sank by German U-boat attack

  • Serbia is invaded by Germany, Austria and Bulgaria

  • U.S. ends relations with Germany

    Due to Germany reigniting U-boat attacks.

  • Escadrille Americaine is created

    French Army air unit that is mainly made up of American volunteers begins.

  • Anzac troops arrive in France

    Anzacs are troops from New Zealand and Australia.

  • Submarine warfare is called off

    President Woodrow Wilson threatened to end relations with Germany if the U-boat attacks continued.

  • Woodrow Wilson is re-elected as President

    Wilson won the re-election based on the fact that he had kept Americans out of the war.

  • Germans begin U-boat attacks

  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Britian intercepted a telegram that revealed Germany's plot to promise several southern states as a reward for attacking the U.S.

  • United States declares war on Germany

  • Herbert Hoover is named head of the U.S. Food Administration

    There were no rations imposed, it was asked of Americans to help save food.

  • First day of the U.S. draft

  • Espinoage Act

    Allows the government to censor things that are sent through the mail, also makes it a crime to help enemies or to interfere with the draft.

  • American troops land in France

  • 3rd Battle of Ypres

    British launch third battle against the Germans. Lasts till November 10th,

  • First American's killed in the War

  • Prohibition Amendment is passed in Congress

  • Presdient Wilson speaks about his Fourteen Points

    This is known as Wilson's peace plan.

  • Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany

  • U.S. begins daylight saving time

  • Chemical Warfare service authorized by U.S.

  • Germany requests Armistice

    Allies refuse this request

  • Hungary seperates from Austria

  • Germany signs armistice

    Germany must agree to defeat by the Allies.

  • President Wilson arrives in Paris for peace conference

  • League of Nations Peace Treaty final draft is presented

    The League of Nations was President Woodrow Wilson's idea to create peace policies.

  • Germany and Allies sign the Treaty of Versailles

  • Treaty of Versailles is submitted to the U.S. Senate

  • Women in the U.S. win the right to vote

  • Treaty of Versailles is rejected by the U.S. Senate

    The U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.