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Two bullets were fired on June 28th. One was toward Archduke and another was to his wife Sofia. Gavrilo Princip shot and killed them both in the street of Sarahaven.
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Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia. They were all forming an alliance together to help each other.
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Austria declared war on Serbia. This was the first start of many attacks.
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Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.
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The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place. The war takes to Great Britain.
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The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat. Germany started using unrestricted warfare. Forgetting about their promise to end it.
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British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia. Britain is overtaken by the Turkish troops. Many Britain soldiers were lost.
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USA declared war on Germany. USA joined the war when germany blew up our ships and we got wind of the zimmerman note.
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.
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The advance of the Allies was successful.