WWI Timeline

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    Franco-Prussian war

  • The accession of Wilhelm II to the German throne

    The accession of Wilhelm II to the German throne

  • France and Russia formed an Alliance with each other

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    Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron) was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I.

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    Kiffin Rockwell was an early aviator and the first American pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft in World War I

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    Last American Casualty: Henry Gunther

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    Russo-Japanese War

  • The Entente Cordiale was signed

    The Entente Cordiale was signed

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    The Tangier Crisis (First Moroccan Crisis)

  • Britian entered into an alliance with Russia

    Britian entered into an alliance with Russia

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    The Bosnian Annexation Crisis

  • The Agadir Crisis (The Second Moroccan Crisis)

    The Agadir Crisis (The Second Moroccan Crisis)

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    Italo-Turkish War

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    Balkan Wars

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    unrestricted submarine warfare

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    The Chemical Weapons

    Chemical weapons is a device that uses chemical formulated to inflict death or harm on human beings.
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    The War at sea

    Great Britain had 29 capital ships ready and 13 under construction, and Germany had 18 and 9 were the two great rival sea powers. There was no real decisive clash between battle fleets in World War 1. The struggle for supremacy between German U-boats and British merchant ships was much more significant.
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    Econimics cost of the Allied and Central powers

    Total costs of the Allied powers: 125,690,477,000
    Total costs of the Central Prowers: 60,643,160,000
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    The Western Front

    The Western Front was the name applied to the fighting zone in France and Flanders, where the British, French, Belgian and the American armies faced that of Germany.

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  • Austria-Hungary presented an ultimatum to Serbia

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

  • Ottoman Empire and Germany sign a secret treaty of alliance

  • Germany declares war on France

  • Germany invades Belgium, leading Britain to declare war on Germany

  • Austria-Hungary invades Russia

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    The Eastern Front

    Fighing on the German-Russia, Austro-Russian, and Austro-romanian fronts.
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    Trench Warfare

    Trench warfare was a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.

  • The chrsitmas truce was a series of widespread but unoffical ceasefires along the western front around christmas in 1914.

  • The sinking of the Lusitania

    The sinking of the Lusitania

  • The first tanks arrived in Europe on August 30th

    The first tanks arrived in Europe on August 30th

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    A total of 1.4 million tons of allied shipping was lost to the U-Boats.

  • The zimmermann telegram

    The zimmermann telegram

  • The Russian Revolution

    The Russian Revolution

  • The entry into World War 1

    The United States entry into World War I came in April 1917, after two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States neutral during World War I.

  • Americans Contributions: Naval Strategy, American Strategy, and American supplies

  • Wilson's 14 Points

    A statement goven by the president, Woodrow wilson declaring that WW1 was being fought for a moral cause and calling for postwar peace in Europe

  • Conditions of Armistice

  • Date and time of the Armistice

    Date and time of the Armistice

    November 11, 1918, at 11 am that morning
  • the explosion from a German U-boat attack shook the Outer Banks village of Avon.

    the explosion from a German U-boat attack shook the Outer Banks village of Avon.