WW1

By glennphillips

  • Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War 1

  • Germany

    Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium. France invades Alsace. British forces arrive in France. Nations allied against Germany were eventually to include Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia, Romania, Greece, France, Belgium, United States, Canada, Serbia, India, Portugal, Montenegro, and Poland.

  • Austria-Hungary invades Russia

  • Allied forces halt German advance into France during First Battle of the Marne

  • Germany begins naval blockade of Great Britain

  • Allies forces land on the Gallipoli Peninsula of the Ottoman Empire

  • German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania during crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, killing 128 Americans

    German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania during crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, killing 128 Americans

  • Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • Germany begins the attack on Verdun

    Germany begins the attack on Verdun

  • Naval Battle of Jutland takes place between British and German fleets

  • Allied offensive begins the Battle of the Somme

    Allied offensive begins the Battle of the Somme

  • Battle of Verdun ends with 550,000 French and 450,000 German casualties

  • Germany returns to unrestricted submarine warfare halted after the sinking of the Lusitania

  • United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany

  • The United States declares war on Germany

  • General John J. Pershing, newly selected commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, arrives in England with his staff

    General John J. Pershing, newly selected commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, arrives in England with his staff

  • American combat forces arrive in France

  • Russia signs armistice with Germany

  • American women recruited to serve as bilingual telephone operators for the AEF arrive in Europe

  • Harold Ross assumes editorship of The Stars and Stripes

  • President Woodrow Wilson presents to Congress his outline of Fourteen Points required for peace

    President Woodrow Wilson presents to Congress his outline of Fourteen Points required for peace

  • The Stars and Stripes begins publication with a first issue of one thousand copies. Second Lieutenant Guy T. Viskniskki is the first managing editor of the newspaper

  • The Stars and Stripes begins publication with a first issue of one thousand copies. Second Lieutenant Guy T. Viskniskki is the first managing editor of the newspaper

  • Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany

  • Germany begins its final offensive of the war

  • United States forces are victorious in the Battle of Cantigny, the first independent American operation

  • American forces stop German attempt to cross the Marne River at Chateau-Thierry

    American forces stop German attempt to cross the Marne River at Chateau-Thierry

  • The Stars and Stripes suspends the Sporting Page

  • American First Army attacks St. Mihiel salient

  • Allied forces begin the attack at Meusse-Argonne, the final offensive of the war

    Allied forces begin the attack at Meusse-Argonne, the final offensive of the war

  • Germany signs the Armistice at Compiègne, ending World War I

  • British and American forces enter Germany

  • The Stars and Stripes War Orphans Adoption Campaign ends after raising 123,047 francs and placing 3,444 orphans for adoption

  • Sporting Page returns to The Stars and Stripes

  • Peace conference begins at Paris

  • First anniversary of The Stars and Stripes. Circulation surpasses 500,000

  • Draft of the covenant of the League of Nations is completed

  • Last issue of The Stars and Stripes is published

  • Allied and German representatives sign treaty of Versailles. The United States signs treaty of guaranty, pledging to defend France in case of an unprovoked attack by Germany