Royal irish rifles ration party somme july 1916

WW1

By mili kraft
  • Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, visit Sarajevo in Bosnia. A bomb is thrown at their auto but misses.

    Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, visit Sarajevo in Bosnia. A bomb is thrown at their auto but misses.

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are killed by an assassin's bullets just hours after they escaped another assassination attempt. Gavrilo Princip is immediately arrested for the shooting and Nedjelko Cabrinovic is caught fleeing after the bomb attempt. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
  • Britain enacts the Defense of the Realm Act (DORA) granting unprecedented powers to the government to control the economy and daily life.

    Britain enacts the Defense of the Realm Act (DORA) granting unprecedented powers to the government to control the economy and daily life.

    It was amended six times during the course of the war, eventually being used for everything from banning narcotics to censoring the press. It introduced a wide range of changes in society including prohibition, rationing, the introduction of British Summer Time and the widening of police powers. he United Kingdom declaration of war upon Germany occurred on 4 August 1914.After weeks of speculation and mounting tension, Great Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914.
  • A German U-Boat torpedoes the British passenger liner Lusitania off the Irish coast.

    A German U-Boat torpedoes the British passenger liner Lusitania off the Irish coast.

    On May 7, 1915, the German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a swift-moving British cruise liner traveling from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the 1,959 men, women, and children on board, 1,195 perished, including 123 Americans.In 1915 it was sunk by a German U-boat, resulting in the death of 1,198 people, including 128 Americans.
  • American voters re-elect President Woodrow Wilson who had campaigned on the slogan,

    American voters re-elect President Woodrow Wilson who had campaigned on the slogan,

    Democratic U.S. President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated Republican Charles E. Hughes in the U.S. presidential election. Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
  • he British intercept a telegram sent by Alfred Zimmermann in the German Foreign Office to the German embassies in Washington,

    he British intercept a telegram sent by Alfred Zimmermann in the German Foreign Office to the German embassies in Washington,

    On January 19, 1917, British naval intelligence intercepted and decrypted a telegram sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Ambassador in Mexico City. signaled Germany's intention to unleash its U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean in a fully unrestricted campaign against all Allied shipping, including American transports.
  • The United States of America declares war on Germany.

    The United States of America declares war on Germany.

    the United States declared war on the German Empire, joining France, Great Britain, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Italy.On April 6, 1917, Congress passed the Declaration of War. Not unlike the War of 1812, the U.S. went into war to protect shipping and the freedeom of trade while in international waters. Since the beginning of that year, 19 U.S. merchant vessels were sunk by German U-boats.
  • The first American troops land in France

    The first American troops land in France

    25th Jun 1917: First US troops arrive in France. The first 14,000 U.S. infantry troops landed in France at the port of Saint Nazaire. The landing site had been kept secret because of the menace of German submarines. The first American troops land in France.It's well understood that 1917 was a pile-up of disasters and miscalculations, from Germany's decision to implement unrestricted U-boat warfare in January to the Bolsheviks' triumph in the autumn, and with the ill-fated Nivelle, Kerensky,
  • The Sedition Act of 1918

    The Sedition Act of 1918

    The Sedition was enacted on May 16, 1918 to extend the Espionage Act of 1917. The Sedition Act covered a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds.After the Sedition Act, passed on May 16, 1918, augmented the already stringent Espionage Act of 1917, the New York Herald ran this cartoon by William Allen Rogers.
  • ailway car at Compiègne, France, the Germans sign the Armistice

    ailway car at Compiègne, France, the Germans sign the Armistice

    This Day in History, November 11, 1918: World War I Ends. On November 11, 1918 an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I.Every year we remember that the guns of the First World War ceased firing at 11am on 11 November 1918. We imagine universal relief at the carnage of war finally ending, at least in the victorious countries. The armistice was agreed at 5.10am on 11 November to come into effect at 11am
  • At the Palace of Versailles in France, a German delegation signs the Treaty formally ending the war.

    At the Palace of Versailles in France, a German delegation signs the Treaty formally ending the war.

    The Versailles Peace Treaty, signed on June 28, 1919, officially ended World War I. Of note, on the same day, five-years earlier the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated at Sarajevo, Bosnia, starting the war.The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the Paris Peace Conference to formally end all international hostilities between the Allies and the Central Powers, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led directly to World War I.