wwI

assanation of ferdinand

Jun 23, 1914

Assasonated by serbian nationalists, a guy named gavrilo princep set off a powder keg in europe that exsploed and killed him along with many other citizens.

start of ww1

Jul 28, 1914

After the death of Franz Ferdinand Austria declared war on Serbia on July 23, 1914 which was exactly a month later from the assassination.

tank invention.

Jan 4, 1915

The tank was made to go over trenches and rocks.had one gun on the top but it wasnt easy to operate the gun.

dead in the war

Jan 1, 1916

In 1916 more than two million soldiers died in the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of Somme.

grenade

Mar 7, 1916

First used by germany in 1916 it blew up a trench and killed over 50 people. about 2 weeks later we started making grenades and then we used them.

u.s.a joins

Apr 18, 1916

The u.s.a joins the war. this is when the war takes a big turn and lots of men are sent out on the front line to fight.

tracker bullets

Jul 1, 1916

The tracher bullets where first used in the summer of 1916.was limited to a 100 meter range and it wasnt very useful in trying to kill someone on the other side.

flamethrower invented

Jan 30, 1917

Famthrowers where first used by the germans before the u.s.a used them. could shoot flames 40 feet and do a lot of damage.

deadly gases

Jan 31, 1917

First used in 1917 during the battle of bolimov. injured over 70 people and killed around 15. was useful in the killing part.

first night for james fredrick campbell

Sep 4, 1918

First night on the front lines for james campbell. he was on the front line in thauncourt france. he feared for what was to come next.

lung problems for james capbell (nearly died)

Oct 15, 1918

Lung probems for james campbell. he was near toulance france where he layed on the ground and blead for 11 hours. he nearly died.

james capbell arived at boarder

Nov 21, 1918

Arived at germany boarder. the grivensmoker bridge. guarded the bridge with germans.

crossed gemany bridge

Dec 1, 1918

Crossed the griveenmoker bridge at 7:30 am. followed the geman army by day.

end of war

Dec 21, 1918

end of world war one. everyone all over the world stopped and celebrated because the war was now over and the solders would be coming home.

fredrick campbell Arrived home

Feb 16, 1919

Arrived home from France on a ss liner boat. Arrived in at a New York port at 6 pm,ready to see his family