WWI TIMELINE

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    WWI

  • WWI begins

    WWI begins

    World war one starts by Austria-Hungry declares war on Serbia.
  • Russia moves out

    Russia moves out

    Russia fully mobilizes armed forces to help Serbia.
  • Gemany declares war

    Gemany declares war

    Germany declares war on russia.
  • Gemany vs France

    Gemany vs France

    Germany declares war on France.
  • Austria-Hungray vs Russia

    Austria-Hungray vs Russia

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia
  • Lusitania sinks

    Lusitania sinks

    Germany sinks the ship killing 128 american citizns and 1,200 people
  • Suicide Bombing

    Suicide Bombing

    Erich Muenter, a German instructor at Cornell University, commits suicide after detonating a bomb in the U.S. Senate reception room.
  • Germany alters U-boat policy

    Germany alters U-boat policy

    Germany responds to U.S. anger by ending its policy of sinking ships without warning.
  • Peace Ship

    Peace Ship

    Henry Ford charters a "Peace Ship," in an effort to end World War I.
  • Submarine warfare

    Submarine warfare

    President Woodrow Wilson demands that Germany end unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • Bombing

    Bombing

    A bomb explodes at a pro-war preparedness parade in San Francisco, killing ten.
  • Relection

    Relection

    Woodrow Wilson gets re-elected as President of the United States with campaign slogan: "He kept us out of the war"
  • Zimmermann telegram

    Zimmermann telegram

    Britain intercepts and translates German Foreign Secretary Zimmermann's telegram to Mexico urging its entry into war against the United States.
  • Unrestricted U-boats

    Unrestricted U-boats

    Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare. Returning to how it was before they called it off from the Lusitania.
  • The world must be made safe for democracy

    The world must be made safe for democracy

    In a speech asking Congress to declare war against Germany
  • America enters the war

    America enters the war

    The United States declares war on the Central Powers.