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Archduke Assassination
Franz Ferdinand the archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by Princip in Sarajevo. Princip belonged to the Serbian terrorist group ¨the black Hand¨. His death started the war because Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia. Russia being Serbia's ally attacked Austria-Hungary then Germany attacked Russia for attacking Austria-Hungary. Germany wanted to attack France but they had to go through Belgium to attack France but had to go through Belgium which brought France and Great Britain into the war. -
Allied powers vs. the Central powers
The Triple Entente or Allies in WWI were France, Britain, and Russia. The Triple Alliance were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Hungary. When the Ottoman Empire joined, they became known as the Central Powers. The United States was neutral, but they still helped the Allies. -
Germany invades Belgium
The German government demanded this, and even sent a letter to the Belgian government for a right of free passage. This would put German troops in position for a better attack on France giving them the best chance at securing a victory.The problem with the request was that Belgium was a neutral country. This means they didn’t support one side over the other leading to Germany issuing an ultimatum. If Belgium refused to cooperate, then Germany would forcefully occupy the country as an enemy. -
First use of poison gas
Both sides of the war experiment with tear gas in the first winter of the war,But in January of 1915 the Germans released a more deadly chemical than ever before killing around 1,000 russian troops on the eastern front.In Belgium gas was used for the first time in a large scale.Germany released thousands of cans of chlorine gas, it caused over 7,500 casualties among the British, Canadian and French.It was terrifying soldiers. -
a new German weapon the U-Boat sinks the Lusitania
The U-Boat would end up being one of the most terrifying weapons in WWI patrolled the Atlantic trading routes.The Lusitania a passenger ship is sunk by a torpedo fired from a U-Boat,of the 1,959 people,including 128 Americans.Germany defended its actions by issued warnings of intent of attacking all ships,Neutral or not,that entered the war zone.The Germans justified their attack against the Lusitania because it was revealed that the Lusitania was carrying war stuffs for the allies -
trench warfare
Trenches crossed France German soldiers occupied one set of trenches, Allied soldiers the other. The three main kinds of trenches were front line, support, and reserve. Soldiers were rotated through each trench. The officers' quarters were dug underground rooms, and were also used as command posts. Between the trenches of the two enemies was a place called "no man's land" a uninhabited plain of mud covered with shell craters and filled with barbed wire. -
Germans limit submarine
Reacting to the international outrage the sinking of the Lusitania and other neutral passenger ships, Kaiser announced an end to their first U-Boat campaign, which began in February Which has been plaguing the British isles. some say it was to keep the U.S. out of the war, but it severely restrained American supplies from getting to France and England. -
America enters the war
WWI started in 1914, President Wilson committed that the U.S. stay Neutral, lots of Americans like that where neutral. In January 1917 Germany sends a message to Mexico¨ the Zimmerman telegram¨February the Germans restart their U-Boat attacks on commercial ships coming from America to Britain. Many americans lost their life. -
Lloyd Brown
Lloyd joined the war for a few reasons. One was because of patriotism and the thirst to protect his country. Another was because he liked the idea of traveling and being on ships. He said he doesn't think he would have like the army. -
Russian revolution
The Russian government went on with the war which was highly unsuccessful war and was unpopular with the people of Russia. Russia an armistice in December and finally get out of the war. In the treaty with Germany, Germany got large areas of eastern Europe. -
Lloyd Brown
Lloyd lied about his age so he would be able to join the navy. He said he was 18 but was actually only 16. According to Lloyd many of guys did this and did not get caught. -
Lloyd Brown
Lloyds main job was to protect the English Channel. Enemies kept trying to invade it and bomb it. The US and their allies could not let them attack because without the English Channel ships could not go back forth to deliver troops and supplies -
Lloyd Brown
Lloyd Brown was in the Navy. He was was ranked as a Seaman 2nd clss. He became a salior in 1918 -
Lloyd Brown
Life on the ship, according to Lloyd, was not as fascinating as you might have expected. He said that it was very crowded, with very little room. At night you would sleep in hammocks hung from the ceiling of the boat, and in the morning you had to fold them up and put them away to make room for the tables you ate off. -
armistice
The armistice was the truce that Germany signed to agree to cease-fire and officially end the war. They were too exhausted to continue fighting against the Allies now that Austria-Hungary had surrendered and kaiser gave up the throne. World War I was the bloodiest war in history up to that time. Deaths numbered about 22 million more than half of them civilians. In addition, 20 million people were wounded and 10 million more became refugees. The direct economic costs of the war may have been.
