USA invalvment in ww1 timeline

Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated

Jun 28, 1914

A bomb is thrown at their auto but misses. only to be shot and killed a short time later by a lone assassin. Believed to be a Serbian nationalist and Austria target their anger toward Serbia. the main reason the war started

Great Britain declares war on Germany.

Aug 4, 1914

great Britain will get supplies from America and ask the u.s to get involved in the war.

A German U-Boat torpedoes the British passenger liner Lusitania

May 7, 1915

It sinks in 18 minutes, drowning 1,201 persons, including 128 Americans. killing incent people

voters re-elect President Woodrow Wilson

Nov 7, 1916

woodrow wilson is very big on not going to war

British intercept a telegram sent by Alfred Zimmermann in the German Foreign Office to the German embassies in Washington, D.C., and Mexico City.

Jan 19, 1917

Its message outlines plans for an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States. According to the scheme, Germany would provide tactical support while Mexico would benefit by expanding into the American Southwest, retrieving territories that had once been part of Mexico.

The United States of America declares war on Germany.

Apr 6, 1917

america is in the war effert as a superpower

The first American troops land in France.

Jun 25, 1917

troops are in france and starting there opperations

last German offensive of the war, the Marne-Reims Offensive, begins with a two-pronged attack around Reims, France, by 52 divisions.

May 16, 1918

germans are strugeling to stay in the fight

a railway car at Compiègne, France, the Germans sign the Armistice which is effective at 11 am--the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

Nov 11, 1918

At the Palace of Versailles in France, a German delegation signs the Treaty formally ending the war.

Jun 28, 1919

the war is over