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Assassination of the Archduke
Two bullets were fried on sarvajevo street on a June morning in 1914, the victims; Archduke Franz Ferdinand- heir to the trong of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife Sophie. The couple were returning from an official visit to City Hall. The assasin, 19 year-old Gavrillo Pricip burned with the fire of Slavic nationalism. He thought that the death of the Archduke as was the key that would unlock the shackles binding his people to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. -
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Declaring War
July 28- Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia
August 1- Germany declares war on Russia
August 3- Germany declares war on France
August 4- The Uited Kingdom declares war on Germany, after Germany invades Belgium
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U.S President Woodrow Wilson announces the U.S will remain neutral.
When WW1 broke out in Europe, Woodrow Wilson announced that the United States would stay out of European affairs and remain neutral. He issued a declaration of US neutrality and called upon the American people to support his policy by not taking sides. He hopes tha thte U.S would rmain neutral and continue to trade with warring nations. -
The battle of Tannengern Begings
The Battle of Tannenberg was an engagement between Russia and Germany in the first moth of World War I. Fought between August 26-30 1914, The battle resulted in the almost coepete destruction of the Russian Second Army, and the suiide of its Commaning general, Alexander Samsonov -
The First battle of the Marne begins as soldiers on both sides dig in.
The first battle of the Marne was fought in September 1914. By September 12th, the end of the battle of the Marne, the war of movement seen since August 194 had gone and the trench warfare associated th WW1 had come into being. -
Germany declares a "War Zone"
Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain, essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets -
The Battle of Verdun begins.
The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of WW1 and was one of the bloodiest. -
The United States declares was on Germany
At 8:30 on the evening of April 2, 1917 President Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germany in order "make the world safe for democracy." On April 4, Congress granted Wilsons request. -
U.S President Woodrow Wilson issued his Fourteen Points to peace.
The immediate cause of the United States’ entry into World War I in April 1917 was the German announcement of unrestricted submarine warfare and the subsequent sinking of ships with U.S. citizens on board. But President Woodrow Wilson’s war aims went beyond the defense of U.S. maritime interests. In his War Message to Congress, President Wilson declared that the U.S. objective was “to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world.” -
Treaty of Versailles
Was one of the peace treaties at the end of WW1. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on June 18, 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
