Trench

WW1 Timeline

By vpatel19

  • Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

    Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, was in a parade in Sarajevo, Bosnia. He and his wife were shot by a Serbian, Gavarillo Princip.

  • American Policy

    Woodrow Wilson asks americans to remain nuetral in every way. He wanted to keep America out of the war.

  • U-Boat Torpedoes the Luisitania

  • U-boat torpedoed the Sussex

    a U-boat torpedoed the Sussex, a French passengeer steamship. U.S threatened to cut diplomatic ties to Germany(Sussex Pledge). Germans promised again to warn ships before attacking

  • End of the Sussex Pledge

    Germany informs the U.S that they are ending the Sussex Pledge and resuming to unrestricted submarine warfare

  • U.S Broke Diplomatic Ties with Germany

  • Wilson Asks Congress to Declare War on Germnay

  • Congress Agrees to Declare War on Germany