ww1

By Jor jor

  • america starting to be mad

    the German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania,
  • Period: to

    ww1

  • throw and a miss but job done

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, visit Sarajevo in Bosnia. A bomb is thrown at their auto but misses. Undaunted, they continue their visit only to be shot and killed a short time later by a lone assassin. Believing the assassin to be a Serbian nationalist, the Austrians target their anger toward Serbia.

  • war on germany

    Great Britain declares war on Germany. The declaration is binding on all Dominions within the British Empire including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa.

  • a win

    wildrow willson re elected

  • naval

    British naval intelligence intercepted and decrypted a telegram sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Ambassador in Mexico City

  • first deployment

    First US troops arrive in France.

  • united states war

    , the United States declared war on the German Empire, joining France, Great Britain, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Italy

  • sedition

    The Sedition Act of 1918

  • the end

    ww1 has ended

  • offical

    The Versailles Peace Treaty, signed on June 28, 1919, officially ended World War I.