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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Duchess of Hohenberg ar
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On this date in 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
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This battle first introduced trench warfare
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The first battle of Ypres Begins
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This truce was put into affect becuase there was not to be any fighting on christmas
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Submarine Blockades were set up by the germans to keep out foreign vellels adn merchant ships that could conceal weapons and food for the enemy
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The second battle of Ypres begins. Germans use poison Gas for the first time
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Germany sinks passenger ship stocked with explosives
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Tsar Nigholas II takes personal control over armies in russia
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The battle of Verdun turned out to be the longest and bloodiest battles of WWI
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Germany sends a secret telegraph to mexico in an effort to gain an ally in the war in return for US soil if they won
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1917 Russian Revolution
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U.S president Woodrow Wilson adressed the people
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Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th dat of the 11th month
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The treaty of Versailles is signed and WWI is officially over