WW1 Timeline Project

  • Western Front Part 2 and Armistice

    French Soldiers aiming an anti-aircraft machine gun from a trench at perthes les hurlus, eastern France.
  • Russia Leaves the War

    Riots broke out in Russia. The Russian Empire abdicated his throne. With the Eastern front settled, Germany could now concentrate its forces on the west.
  • Americans Enter Combat

    Americans knew that the French helped the U.S during the American Revolution. The Germans launched a massive attack.
  • Aerial Warfare

    German soldiers attend to a stack of gas canisters attatched to a manifold, inflating a captive on the western front.
  • Animals at War

    The horse has gun on its back for the war. It is a M1910 machine gun. There are 2 german soldiers standing next to the horse.
  • William James Bean

    William arrived iin Franze as a corporal. This occured in April of 1918. He was 29 years old when he enlisted in the Army.
  • William James Bean

    William was in the army. His rank was the corporal. He was born in new york and his unit was the 59th artillerary.
  • War at Sea

    United states marines and sailors posing on an unidentified ship. This occured in 1918. Over 300 people were on the ship.
  • William James Bean (BATTLES)

    He fought in the St. Mihiel battle. Also he was involved in the Bois De La Chalade. He also fought in the Romagne battle.
  • William James Bean

    He recieved an honorable discharge. He has blue eyes, and brown hair. William was about 6'2".
  • William James Bean

    He comments frequently about various things. One of them being that he comments on the customs of the french people and their reactions to the war. He was put at Fort Hamilton.
  • A Century Later

    Archeological workers unearth a British WW1 IV tank in Flesquieres, near Cambria in Northern France.