World War I, the Treaty of Versailles, and the Great Depression

By timsentsov

  • Archduke Assassination

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is the event that sparks World War I.
  • Russia Mobilizes

    Russia Mobilizes

    Russia mobilizes is big military to fight against Astria-Hungary in favor for it's ally Serbia
  • The Beginning of World War 1

    The Beginning of World War 1

    Germany invades Belgium, starting World War 1
  • Lusitania Sinks

    Lusitania Sinks

    A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them were Americans.
  • First Tanks

    First Tanks

    The British deploy the first tanks to be used in battle.
  • Germany Resumes Submarine Warfare

    Germany Resumes Submarine Warfare

    Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare in European waterways. This act, more than any other, draws the United States into the war and causes the eventual defeat of Germany.
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram

    The Zimmerman note was a secret communication issued from Germany that proposed alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of United States entering World War 1, which was intercepted by Britain.
  • Wilson for War

    Wilson for War

    President Wilson outlines his case for war to Congress.
  • United States Enters the War

    United States Enters the War

    Congress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. The United States enters World War I on the side of France and
    Britain. The US had supplied weapons to the Allies exclusively during the war, to the tune of several billion dollars worth.
  • First American Combat Soldiers are Killed

    First American Combat Soldiers are Killed

    Soldiers of the First Division enter combat on the Western Front under French command. It is less than two weeks later, on Nov. 1, when First American soldiers, members of the 1st Division, are killed in action: James Gresham, Merle D. Hay and Thomas F. Enright
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    The Treaty of Versailles was the most important peace treaty that ended World War 1.
  • Casualties of WW1

    Casualties of WW1

    Wounded: 20 Millioin
    Military Deaths: 11 Milion
    Civilian Deaths: 7 Million
  • Rise of Hitler

    Rise of Hitler

    Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in Germany in September 1919 when Hitler joined the political party known as the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
  • Period: to

    The Great Depression Timespan

  • The Beginning of the Great Depression

    The Beginning of the Great Depression

    Also know as Black Tuesday, the day when the stock market crashed which was the beginning of the Great Depression.

  • Major Bank Collapse

    New York's Bank of the United States collapses in the largest bank failure to date in American history. $200 million in deposits disappear.

  • End of The Great Depression

    The Beginning of WW2 got a lot of Americans to join the military, which was the end of The Great Depression.