WW I Timeline Assignment

By Matden
  • Archduke Ferdinand Assassinated

    Archduke Ferdinand Assassinated

    Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by 'Black Hand' member Gavrilo Princip. His wife also died during this event, and this is what sparked WWI.
  • The Black Hand

    The Black Hand

    The Black hand was a secret Serbian society that used terrorist methods to promote liberation of Serbs outside of Serbia. They were responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
  • The Alliance System

    The Alliance System

    Triple Alliance which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy. Triple Entente included Great Britain, France, and Russia.
  • Trench Warfare

    Trench Warfare

    WWI battles were long and slow due to trench warfare. Soldiers would dig along trenches to fight out of.
  • First Battle of Marne

    First Battle of Marne

    The Battle of the Marne was a World War I battle fought from 7–12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army.
  • Lusitania Sunk

    Lusitania Sunk

    1915, Germany sank a British passenger ship, called the Lusitania. 1,200 people were killed and 128 were Americans. U.S. was angered and many wanted war with Germany.
  • Zimmerman Telegraph

    Zimmerman Telegraph

    A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany.
  • Woodrow Wilson's War Message

    Woodrow Wilson's War Message

    President Wilson declared that the U.S. would not take sides and stay in neutrality. But they did still traded with Britain which caused Germany to have conflict with U.S. But we were dragged into the war in 1917
  • Poison Gas

    Poison Gas

    It was a vesicant that was introduced by Germany in July 1917 prior to the Third Battle of Ypres. The Germans marked their shells yellow for mustard gas and green for chlorine and phosgene
  • Airplanes

    Airplanes

    Limited use but it's role increased throughout the war. They were involved in something called 'Dog Fights' which was when they would shoot up in the sky while flying.
  • Germany Signs Armistice

    Germany Signs Armistice

    The Armistice was an agreement to stop fighting - was signed between France, Britain, and Germany on 11th November 1918, bringing four years of fighting in the First World War to an end.