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Aviation
The first recorded powered flight was in 1903 when the Wright brothers flew their aircraft. The first powered crossing of the English Channel was by Louis Blèriot in 1909. Therefore it could only be expected that in 1914 aircraft remained remarkably crude. -
Unresticted Submarine Warfare
Unrestricted submarine warfare is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules (also known as "cruiser rules"). -
The Zimmerman Telegram
In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. -
Tanks
The Crimean War saw a relatively small number of steam powered tractors developed using the caterpillar track to manoeuvre around the battlefield's muddy terrain. Thus even in the 1850s the development of the tank seemed tantalisingly close - except that its development dimmed until the turn of the century. -
Trench Warfare
For of fighting whereby two sides fight each other from opposite trenches. -
U-Boats
A German submarine used in World War I or World War II -
The Eastern Front
Fighting on the German-Russian, Austro-Russian, and Austro-Romanian fronts. -
The Western Front
The line of trenches which stretched from the English channel across the battle fields of France and Belgium during WW1. West of Germany. -
Chemical Weapons
Toxic chemicals and their precursors, except where intended for purposes not prohibited under this Convention, as long as the types and quantities are consistent with such purposes; -
Lives Lost
Many lives were lost during this outrage of stupidity. This war was all about jealousy in my opinion. -
Personal Conclusion
I think that the wara was stupid and uncaller for. Many people dies because of peoples stupidity and jealousy.God gave them what he wanted them to have but they took advantage of it and many people lpst their lives -
Economic Cost Of World War One
Entry into the war in 1917 unleashed massive U.S. federal spending which shifted national production from civilian to war goods. Between 1914 and 1918, some 3 million people were added to the military and half a million to the government. Overall, unemployment declined from 7.9 percent to 1.4 percent in this period, in part because workers were drawn in to new manufacturing jobs and because the military draft removed from many young men from the civilian labor force. -
Assasination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand(Archduke of Austria-Hungary) was assasinated by Gavrilo Pricip. -
Declaring War
Austria-Hungary declares War on Serbia after the assasinartrion of Franz Ferdinand. -
Allaince Treaty
Ottoman Empire(Turkey) and Germany sign a secret treaty of alliance. -
Declaring War Part 2
Germany delclares war on France!!!! -
Invasion
Germany invades belgium, leading Britain to declare war on Germany. -
The battle of the Fronteirs
27,000 French soldiers die on thius single day in an offensive thrust to the east of Paris, towards the German borders -
Germany And Its Greatest Achievements
The German Army Led By Erich Ludendorff anf Paul von Hindenburg acheives greatest voctory of the war, on the Eastern Front against Russia at the batlle of Tennenberg -
Christman Truce
Unofficial Christmas truce declared by soldiers in the treanches along the Western Front. -
The Sinking Of The Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. -
Kiffin Rockwell
Kiffin Yates Rockwell was an early aviator and the first American pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft in World War I. On May 18, 1916, Rockwell attacked and shot down a German plane over the Alsace battlefield. -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was reelected President of the Unites States with the campaign slogan: "He kept us out of War" -
The Battle of Somme
An estimated 1 million casualties and no breakthrough for the Allies, British introduce the tank,and effective weapon but far to few to make much of a difference. -
Russian Revolution
In 1917, two revolutions swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and setting in motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. -
Armistice Conditions
Effective six hours after signing. Immediate clearing of Belgium, France, Alsace-Lorraine, to be concluded within 14 days. Any troops remaining in these areas to be interned or taken as prisoners of war.- Surrender 5000 cannon (chiefly heavy), 30,000 machine guns, 3000 trench mortars, 2000 planes. Evacuation of the left bank of the Rhine, Mayence, Coblence, Cologne, occupied by the enemy to a radius of 30 kilometers deep.
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Americas Entry Into The War
On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war. On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred tw -
Selctive Service Act
The United States passes the Selectiove Service Act empowering the Federal Government to draft men for the armed forces. -
American Expeditonary Force
The first American Expeditionary Force lands in France; -
Capturing Jerusalem
Britsh capture Jerusalem from the Turks for ehr Arab allies. -
Woodrow Wilson 14 Points
President Woodrow Wilson declares his 14 points as the path to permanent world peace. -
The Red Baron
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I. -
Germans At The Marne
Germans on the banks of the Marne(Near Paris) are stoppes by American Forces at Chateau-Thierry. -
Ending The War
At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the war ends as Germany and the Allies sign an Armistice. -
Private Gunther
As 11:00 a.m. approached on the Western Front, soldiers from both sides recognized that the Great War was soon to end. Germany had signed an armistice with the Allied powers (Great Britain, France, and the United States) to end all hostilities on November 11, 1918 at 11:00 a.m. Private Henry Gunther, of Baltimore, had learned of the planned cease fire at 10:30 a.m. Private Henry Gunther died at 10:59 a.m. on November 11, 1918. The last soldier killed in action in WWI