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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie are assassinated by Bosnian Serb nationalist Sarajevo. They pulled up to a place to rest and they actually parked right in front of the killer. killed. A Serbian national group called "The Black Hand" killed him. Archduke Franz Ferdinand because they thought
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M.A.I.N
M=militarism-the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability.
A=alliances-a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries.
I=imperialism-a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
N=nationalism-The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance. -
WWl Renewed Interest
World War I has renewed interest in the first great global conflict in modern times. When it began in 1914, it was considered the war to end all wars. World War I turned out to be radically different from earlier conflicts, with technological advances that included the first large-scale use of poison gas, barbed wire, tanks, machine guns, flamethrowers and air warfare. -
Domino Effect
Austria declared war on Serbia for the assassination of Archduke ferdinand. Since Germany was allied with Austria Hungary, the Germans helped in the war. Then since Russia was allied with Serbia, they decided to help by fighting Germany and so did England and the U.S. -
First Battle Of the Marne
Germany hoped to avoid fighting on two fronts by knocking out France before turning to Russia and France’s ally. Germany’s offense had some early success but there were not enough reinforcements immediately available to sustain momentum. French and British launched a counter offensive at the Marne after a lot of days of fighting the Germans retreated. The Battle of Tannenberg in August 1914 ended in German victory and nut the combination of German victory in the east. -
James Woolsey
James Woolsey was seventeen when he joined the Army to fight in the “Great War” of World War I. Woolsey recalled in an interview conducted when he was 102 years old and When you joined the Army, you weren't handed a gun and you were thrown a gun. Woolsey relates the automatic weaponry and the gruesome results of the use of gas. Woolsey was affected by the gas long term. -
Russia Mobilizes
Russia mobilizes its vast army to intervene against Austria Hungary in favor of its ally Serbia. This move starts a chain reaction that leads to the mobilization of the rest of the European Great Powers and inevitably to the outbreak of hostilities. -
Sinking of Lusitania
Multiple countries were grasping the power and technology of submarines.Germany was mainly using submarines to sink French and British ships. One day the germans sank an american cruiser called the lusitania in 1915. The americans got mad and went into war with germany. -
Germans Fire
The Germans fire shells filled with chlorine gas at Allied lines. This is the first time that large amounts of gas are used in battle, and the result is the near collapse of the French lines. The Germans are unable to take advantage of the breach. -
Trench Warfare
A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. This warfare was used a lot during WW1. In the middle of the land was called no mans land. -
Battle Of Verdun
Battle Of Verdun was from February 21 to December 1916 was the longest battle of the First World War. One of the costliest wars. On February 1916 with a German attack on the fortified French town of Verdun, where bitter fighting would continue for most of the year. -
Gallipoli
The Gallipoli campaign April 25 1915 - January 9 1916 was the land based element of strategy intended to allow Allied ships to pass through the Dardanelles. Ultimately knock Ottoman Turkey out of the war but the Allied plans were based on the mistaken belief that the Ottomans could be easily overcome. -
Battle Of The Somme
A battle of the first world war fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. Between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the River somme in France. The French and British had committed themselves to an offensive on the Somme. The Allies agreed upon a strategy of combined offensives against the central powers. Somme offensive supported on the northern flank by the Fourth Army. -
Zimmerman Note
The zimmerman note was a telegram sent from germany to mexico in 1917. the telegram says how germany wanted mexico's help in the war against america.Luckily america intercepted it. -
Russia Leaving
Russia was fighting in the war until a communist revolution broke out in 1917, Luckily just as russia left WW1, America joined. -
Women
Its end in 1918 with 17 million soldiers and civilians dead and 20 million wounded. Britain tells not only of her own prematurely shattered youth, but that of an entire generation of young men and women who devoted themselves to the war effort. -
League of Nations
The league of nations is a committee with representatives from each nation to talk out problems before they reach war status. Sadly this was turned down by the U.S. senate in 1919. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles is the peace treaty that ended WW1. It was given to Germany in 1919 which pretty much ment that Germany was blamed for the war. -
James Woolsey
Woolsey began playing the piano and became a musician at the urging of his family. December 1941 he was on vacation in Hawaii, where he witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the age 41 he reenlisted in the US Navy and became a radar decoder. Woolsey was wounded during the battle to take Okinawa. He also performed with the USO and helped to compose the song USO Boogie for Glenn Miller and his band.
