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Committee on Public Information formed
The Committee on Public Information, also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States created to influence U.S. public opinion regarding American participation in World War -
Sinking of Lusitania
it had onethousand casuality and one hundres were american -
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
because his assasian was surpian austria/ hungary -
Schlieffen Plan
the plan that led britain in to battle against german -
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Trench warfare began
trench warfare, opposing armies conduct battle, at relatively close range, from a series of ditches dug into the ground -
Christmas Truce along Western Front
on and around Christmas Day 1914, the sounds of rifles firing and shells exploding faded in a number of places along the Western Front in favor of holiday celebrations in the trenches and gestures of goodwill between enemies. -
Germans introduce poison gas
German forces shock Allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium. This was the first major gas attack by the Germans, and it devastated the Allied line. -
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Battle of Verdun
both had over 6,000 casulty and the was not at verdun it was at a fortus near it -
Sussex Pledge
that germany would not sink ahips that are not military -
Zimmermann Telegram,
text of the so-called Zimmermann 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 across America. -
President Woodrow Wilson asked for declaration of war
President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany in World War -
Selective Service Act became law
authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
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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. -
World War I ended
it sprung about new military tatctics with all the battles fought -
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General John J. Pershing became AEF leader
Army general he lead 130000 people into battte
