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The Germans sign a peace treaty with the new Bolshevik government of Russia. The Eastern Frint allows Germany to shift soldiers to the Western Front, causing serious problems for the French, British, and Americans.
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It begins when 300,000 American troops under the direct command of General Pershing fling themselves into the German lines, and Germany does not like the US.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand death is the event that ignited World War 1.
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This move starts almost a chain reaction that leads to the mobilization of the rest of the Great Powers, and unavoidably to the outbreak of hostilities.
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Germany invading Belgium is what officially started the war to erupt.
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This is the first time gas is used in the war, making the side using it have an incredible vantage point.
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A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. This is important because some people on the submarine were American.
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Kaiser Wilhelm suspends submarine welfare. It's an attempt to keel the United States out of the war, but it messes with the efforts of Germany to prevent American supplies from reaching France and Britain.
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Britain employs the first tanks ever used in battle. This is important because they evolved into what we have now. The tanks during the war were good at breaking through barbed wire and clearing paths, but they were very slow.
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Germany backs down from the ban of submarine welfare. This draws the United States into the war and causes Germany to lose.
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The Zimmerman Telegram was a message from Germany to Mexico, proposing that Mexico should side with Germany in case of war between Germany and the U.S. The U.S. got a hold of it and things sort of went way down hill.
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President Wilson outlines his case for war to Congress.
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Congress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. The United States enters World War 1 on the side of France and Britain.
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Congress passed the Selective Service Act authorizing the draft. Although it was criticised for destroying democracy at home whole fighting abroad, President Wilson claims he saw other option and signs the bill into law.
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This battle is the first major American offensive of the war.
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The Americans attack the Germans at Chateau-Thierry, which would turn into the larger Battel of Belleau Wood.
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It ends with the final expulsion of the Germans from the wood, which marks the farthest German advance on Paris.
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Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates, which ends all hope for a victory for Germany. Which guarantees almost a 100% chance of a victory for the US.
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This ends the war between all the countries.
