WW1

By zacharysamuel

  • Assassination of Archduke Ferndinand

    serbian nationalist gunned him down

  • schlieffen plan

    planning of german invasion of france

  • trench warfare

    same as it sounds they started digging trenches to move during the war

  • christmas truce along western front

    they stopped the war and socailzied with each other
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    battle of verdun

    one of the largest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies. 337,000 total casualties

  • germans introduce poison gas

    germans started using a lethal gas called mustard gas that was thrown

  • sinking of lusitania

    german u boat shot torpedo at a cruise liner with american passengers

  • sussex pledge

    promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war.

  • zimmerman telegram

    a message from the German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmermann, to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between the United States and Germany, is published on the front pages of newspapers

  • general john j. pershing became aef leader

    Pershing was appointed commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force to assist the Allied powers against German forces.

  • president woodrow wilson asked for declaration of war

    he wants to enter the war

  • committee on public information formed

    independent agency of the government of the United States created to influence U.S. public opinion regarding American participation in World War I.

  • selective service act became law

    men now had to sign up for the draft and could be volunteered for the war
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    battle of argonne forest

    was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. 117000 caualties

  • world war 1 ended

    germany surrenders