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During World War I, Germany employed unrestricted submarine warfare. Using U-boats to sink ships without warning. This tactic was initially limited due to concerns about neutral countries like the United States. Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare in February 1917. Targeting merchant ships to cripple Allied supply lines. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot and killed during a visit to the Bosnian capital. His wife was also killed with him. He traveled to Sarajevo to inspect the imperial armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip was able to shoot the royal couple. This assassination set off a chain of events that contributed to starting WW1. -
The Lusitania was a big British ship that was made to carry people across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1915, a German submarine called U-20 shot a torpedo at the Lusitania. The ship sank in about 18 minutes. There were a lot of people who died, including 1,198 passengers, including 128 Americans. The people in the U.S. were very angry at Germany. -
At the beginning of the war, the U.S. wanted to stay neutral in the war and stay out of it. Germany started using submarines to attack ships, including ships that had Americans on them and British and American ships. Germany sent a Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico, asking Mexico to join them in a war against the U.S., and promising Mexico land in the United States if they won. The U.S. found out about it, and all of the Americans got angry. So the U.S. decided to join the war against Germany. -
They went into the trenches for the first time and stayed in there for 5 days without seeing a German. Then they went to the Toul front, and they held trenches for 3 months. The front was not as bad as the others; the Germans would start throwing a barrage on them every now and then. On his first patrol, he saw the first one to be killed or wounded, then also went on a wiring detail, which was under cover of the night. They were there for three months. They went hiking with food on their backs.
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They experienced their first feeling of war; it was continuous shell fire on them all the time. This close fighting was held until the morning of May 27th. 150 Germans had made a raid on them. They immediately started killing Germans; they fought for about thirty minutes straight until the Germans decided to retreat with about 2/3 of their men dead behind. The Germans leveled the woods with all their gunfire. After that, it was bombarding continuously from all sides.
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They started a barrage on the German trenches. The men went over the top at 6:15. They took their objective, but he said," That was where the fun began". The Germans launched a counterattack, but each time it was unsuccessful. So where the Germans were defeated the first time, by Americans called tin soldiers. They kept fighting for a whole week after that.
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They were just sitting in the trenches when the Germans started a gas bombardment. Towards the evening of the next day, he thought he had a cold because his voice was getting rougher. When he was relieved on the front by the French, he knew his cold was worsening. He went on a sick report, was told by the doctor that he was gassed. He stayed in the hospital for 3 weeks without his voice improving, he went to a bar and got very drunk. The next morning, he could whisper, and his voice was better.
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They left his company to go parade in Paris, and got there that night. They got ready for the parade that started at 9 o'clock; it was his first time in Paris. After parading down some of the most important streets of Paris, they stopped at a park. There, they got to see all the Allied troops that had paraded. After that, they were set free for 38 hours, and he saw some of the most important buildings in Paris. -
The Treaty of Versailles was a document that was signed after World War I. Germany and the Allied countries signed it to end the war. The treaty said that Germany was responsible for the war and had to pay for all of the damage. Many Germans were mad because they thought the treaty was unfair. The Germans felt like they were being punished too much, and some people think the treaty is what led to WW1.