World War I

By marielasara
  • Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated

    Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated

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    World War I

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Beginning World War I

  • Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium

  • France invades Alsace

    British forces arrive in France. Nations allied against Germany were eventually to include Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia, Romania, Greece, France, Belgium, United States, Canada, Serbia, India, Portugal, Montenegro and Poland.

  • Austria-Hungary invades Russia

  • Allied forces halt German advance into France during First Battle of the Marne

    Allied forces halt German advance into France during First Battle of the Marne

  • Germany begins naval blockade of Great Britain

  • German Submarine

    German Submarine

    German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania during crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, killing 128 Americans.

  • Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • Germany begins the attack on Verdun

    Germany begins the attack on Verdun

  • Allied offensive begins the Battle of the somme

    Allied offensive begins the Battle of the somme

  • The United States declares war on Germany

  • General John J. Pershing

    General John J. Pershing

    newly selected commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, arrives in England with his staff

  • American combat forces arrive in France

  • Rusia signs armistice with Germany

  • Germany begins its final offensive of the war

  • Peace conference begins at Paris

  • United States Senate fails to ratify Treaty of Versailles

  • United states signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary

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