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World War I
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World War I Begins
When Archduke Franz Ferdinand (an Austrian) was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip(a Serbian), many controversies and arguments came to place. Soon the Austrio-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. This event started the first World War in history. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand (an Austrian) was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip (a Serbian). This was really the cause that set WWI off, the Austrian-Hungary nation used the assassination to start WWI. -
Panama Canal Opens
The Panama Canal is known for how long it is, 51 feet. It was supposed to be used for the fleet of warships, but that did not happen, because of the onset of WWI. -
The First Battle of the Marne
This battle between France and Germany happened when the Germans took away the French's already planned defeat of France during WWI. This then resulted in Trench Warfare (when soldiers in WWI fought from trenches protected from enemy attacks). -
The first telephone conversation across the world
Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson made the first telephone conversation through New York to San Francisco. The first sentence said was "Mr. Watson, come here I want to see you!" -
The Armenian Massacre
The Armenian Massacre was thought out and done by the Turkish Government in order to rid of the Armenian population out of the Ottoman Empire. Armenians were deported subjected to harsh conditions like abduction, starvation, beatings, etc. This massacre resulted in more than half of Armenians dead. -
The Gallipoli Campaign begins
The British’s plan for this campaign was to gain access to the Black Sea and to capture Constantinople. Their attempt was unsuccessful. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat while only Germany and England were at war, little did they know that the Lusitania was actually a U.S boat, which then spurred the U.S involvement in WWI. -
Zimmerman Telegram Intercepted
Zimmerman's goal of sending this (coded) telegram was to set an alliance with Mexico. However this got intercepted by the British and they eventually decoded it, this convinced the Americans that they were hostile. This was one of the factors that contributed to the declaration of war by the US. -
The Tommy Gun is Invented
The Thompson Machine Gun (Tommy Gun), was created by General John T. Thompson and was then adopted by the U.S Military during WWI. -
Battle of Verdun
This battle was one of the biggest and most important battles of WWI. The Germans started the battle by taking the French by surprise and bombing them with an artillery bomb, the German's goal was to take the French fortress of Verdun, but their attempt failed. -
Battle of the Somme
The name of this battle was given to the allied offenses against the Germans on the Western Front. This battle was fought on the Somme River by the German Army in order to attack the Allied troops. There were about 60,000 British soldiers killed, the Battle of Somme symbolizes the causality’s and the slaughter of WWI. -
Germany Returns to Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The reason for Germany to bring this back was to make keep cargo ships from reaching Great Brittan. This decision by Germany then led to the U.S' decision to led into WWI. -
Communists Seize Power is Russia
The Bolsheviks thought of Russia as incompetent to rule, so Leinn took power and reformed Russia. -
Czar Nicholas Steps Down from Power
Czar Nicholas was forced to step down from his power by the Bolsheviks because of his bad leadership that caused the Russians to be defeated by the Germans. -
U.S Declaration of war
President Woodrow Wilson tried for years to keep the U.S a neutral state. But when Germany decided to do all-out submarine warfare, they sunk a boat belonging to Brittan (the Lusitania) in neutral waters. Since the U.S was allied with Brittan they decided to call their involvement in WWI. -
Russia Pulls out of WWI
Russia pulled out of war once they were basically forced to sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. The Bolsheviks were gaining most if not all power of Russia. Famine and even cannibalism was spreading throughout Russia, causing their leave of WWI. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Signed
This treaty a peace treaty that was signed by Germany and Russia, which ended Russia's involvement in WWI . -
The Second Battle of the Marne
German Marshal Erich von Ludendorff was ready to end the 3 years of trench warfare with a massive killing that would end WWI. He was planning on defeating the British Forces so the war would end in Germany's favor. -
The Flu!
The influenza disease started and spread rapidly throughout. Killing about 48,000 people in the U.S and over 20,000,000 throughout the world. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II Steps Down
Wilhelm was forced to step down from being chief. He was believed to be the instigator of WWI. -
Armistice Signed
This armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies in order to end the war. The armistice was in effect on November 11 on the 11th hour. -
End of WWI
Every country and nation was by-far exhausted, the weaker nations like Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria all surrendered and Germany was forced to sign an armistice with the allies ending the first world war.
