WW1 Storyboard

By 26amzayanm
  • Archduke Ferdinand Assasination

    Archduke Ferdinand Assasination

    The assasination of Archduke Ferdinad was the spark of WW1. It occured in Sarajevo, and was carried out by a Serbian nationalist group known as "The Black Hand"
  • WWI Begins

    WWI Begins

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning WWI
  • Germans Sink Lusitania

    Germans Sink Lusitania

    German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania during crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, killing 128 Americans. Unrestricted submarine warfare was halted.
  • Italy Switches Sides

    Italy Switches Sides

    Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and escapes the triple alliance due to a loophole.
  • Germany Returns to Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

    Germany Returns to Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

    Germany returns to unrestricted submarine warfare halted after the sinking of the Lusitania.
  • U.S.A. Declares War

    U.S.A. Declares War

    The United States declares war on Germany after a long struggle to remain neutral.
  • Russia Signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Russia Signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Russia Signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Central Powers to end their particiaption in the war. Soviet Russia was in full swing.
  • Woodrow Wilson Presents his Fourteen Points

    Woodrow Wilson Presents his Fourteen Points

    Woodrow Wilson presents to Congress his outline of Fourteen Points required for peace. This is his first attempt.
  • End of WW1

    End of WW1

    Germany signs the Armistice at Compiègne, ending WW1.
  • Treaty of Versailles takes effect

    Treaty of Versailles takes effect

    A year after the peace conference in Paris begins, the Treaty of Versailles finally takes effect. Germanys is harshly repremanded and this is the motivation for the rise of Adolf Hitler.