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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
On June 28, 1914 Archduke Ferdinand was and his wife was killed by Gavrilo Princip. His assassination was planned by a Serbian group named The Black Hand. His death caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia. -
World War I Begins
World War I began in 1914 after Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. A truce was made and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people were dead. -
Battle of Gallipoli
Battle of Gallipoli was an unsuccessful attempt by Allied Powers to control sea route. The campaign began with failed attack and continued a major land invasion. Allied forces had suffered and Evacuation began. -
Lusitania sinks
On may 7, 1915, many civilians died because of the Germans. The Germans didn’t give any warnings that they would bomb the Lusitania ship. !,198 were died and 761 survived. -
Battle of Verdun
French defense on the fortress complex around Verdun. German forces advanced quickly after brutal subterranean melees. French retook their forts, and by the time both sides were left more than 600,000 casualties. -
Battle of Somme
Battle of Somme was one of the largest battles of World War I and also one of the bloodiest military battles in history. Allies and Central Powers lose more than a 1.5 million men, French attacked at the Somme and achieved greater advances. -
Zimmermann Note
A coded telegram sent by Arthur Zimmermann to the Mexico on January 16, 1917. The note renew unrestricted to form an alliance to declared war on Germany. U.S. joined the war after Germany made an alliance against them. -
Russia Withdraws from War
Russia was not ready for war. They were outgunned and outnumbered. Russia was on civil war, they didn’t have supplies that they needed. Also they were trying to overthrow Tsar because he couldn’t be a good ruler for them. -
Russian Revolution
On March 8, 1917 Peasants and low class income people in Russia rebelled against Tsar Nicholas. Vladimir Lenin and The Bolsheviks started this revolution to overthrow Tsar. They were tired of how Tsar ruled them. They were getting little payment and their working conditions were very dangerous. They barely had freedom and the higher class treated them as slaves. -
U.S Enters War
President Woodrow Wilson wanted to stay out of the war and wanted to be neutral. Germans were kept attacking the american ships like the Lusitania ship. Germans sunk and bombed many ships and killed many people which led the U.S to enter the war. -
Chateau-Thierry
The Battle of Château-Thierry was part of the Allied response to the German Aisne offensive. The division was sent to Château-Thierry to defend bridges over the Marne, This battle was the second American victory war and American troops began to destroy German morale. -
Battle of Argonne
Battle of Argonne also known as the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the last battle of World War I. The American offensive began like all the World War I battles, by the end of second stage of the battle American forces had advanced over 10 miles and cleared the Argonne Forest. -
Armistice
World war allies signed agreement with German to stop their feud. This was signed by German, British and France. The armistice forced Germany to give up their guns, airplanes and submarines. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was very important because it ended world war one. This treaty ended war between Germany and the allied powers. There were 27 countries present but Germany wasn’t. -
First meeting of the League Nations
The League of Nations was an International diplomatic group. Their way was to solve disputes between countries. The league achieved some victories but had a mixed record of success and effectively ceased operations during World War I.
