World War l

By Jim Murrah
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    World War l

  • June, 1914

    Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand is Killed

  • July 28, 1914

    Australia-Hungary starts war on Serbia

  • July 30, 1914

    German Empire mobilizes troops.

  • August 1, 1914

    Germany declares war on Russia
    French mobilize troops

  • September, 1914

    Instead of swords on horseback, machine guns were introduced to modern warfare

  • 1915

    German U-boats sink the Luisitania killing 130 American passagers

  • 1915

    Poison Gas was first introduced

  • April 29, 1916

    Surrender of British troops at the stage of Kat in Mesopotamia

  • July 1, 1916

    The first battle was bloody and lasted until mid-November.

  • April 6, 1917

    United States congress declares war on Germany

  • June, 1917

    United States passes the Espionage Act

  • November 11, 1918

    Armistice with Germany is signed

  • June 28, 1919

    The treaty of Versailles is signed, the League of Nations is created

  • 1915

    Trench warfare crosses France from the Belgium coast to the Swiss Alps.