WW1/dennis cavanaugh

By dennis cavanaugh
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    WW1
  • archduke franz ferdinand murdered

    archduke franz ferdinand murdered

    archduke franz ferdinand and his wife was murdered in his car in sarajevo by gavrilo princip 1 of a group of 6 assassins
  • germany declares war on russia

    germany declares war on russia

  • germany declares war on france

    germany declares war on france

  • US president woodrow wilson announces the U.S. will remain neutral.

    US president woodrow wilson announces the U.S. will remain neutral.

  • the battle of tannenberg

    the battle of tannenberg

    this war lasts through august 26th to august 30th
  • The First Battle of the Marne begins.

    The First Battle of the Marne begins.

  • The unofficial Christmas truce is declared

    The unofficial Christmas truce is declared

  • Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain

  • The Battle of Gallipoli begins

    the war ended in 1916 jan 9th
  • The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by German U-boat

    The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by German U-boat

  • zimmerman telegram

  • the Battle of the Somme begins

  • The United States declares war on Germany

  • U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues his Fourteen Points 

    U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues his Fourteen Points 

  • German flying ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen (more commonly known as the Red Baron), is shot down.

    German flying ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen (more commonly known as the Red Baron), is shot down.

  • The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI.

    The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI.

  • united kingdom declares war on germany