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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is the event that sparks World War I.
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Russia mobilized its vast army to intervene against Austria-Hungary in favor of its ally, Serbia.
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Germany invades Belgium, beginning World War I.
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The Germans fire shells filled with chlorine gas at Allied lines. This is the first time that large amounts of gas are used in battle, and the result is the near-collapse of the French lines.
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A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans.
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Reacting to international outrage at the sinking of the Lusitania and other neutral passenger lines, Kaiser Wilhelm suspends unrestricted submarine warfare.
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He is talking about how he is stuck somewhere and enjoys the letters he gets from people and tries to write back as fast as possible.
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He is trying to get a two-week pass to come home for a while and visit rather than a ten-hour pass.
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He didn't get to leave when he was supposed to, so he had to learn to make a tent.
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he's writing to his mother a happy mother's days and good health also saying he's waiting for the Germans to give up.
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An Armistice is signed ending fighting on the Western Front.
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Thanksgiving is coming upon them and the Germans are back in Germany and the Germans were surprised about how to experience the Americans were at war.
