Great War Timeline

Archduke Assassination

Jun 28, 1914

Local Paper "Moslem Croats Attack Serbs"

Jun 28, 1914

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063381/1914-07-01/ed-1/seq-4/

Great War

Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Great War Timespan

Austrian Heir Killing - "Plans made well"

Jun 30, 1914

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063381/1914-06-30/ed-1/seq-4

"The Austria Tragedy"

Jul 2, 1914

https://www.jstor.org/stable/42752737?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

"War Declared by Austro-Hungarian"

Jul 28, 1914

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88056024/1914-07-28/ed-1/seq-1

Germany Declares War on France

Aug 3, 1914

Local Paper "England Declares War"

Aug 3, 1914

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85035720/1914-08-03/ed-2/seq-1/

Stolen By Germany

Aug 3, 1914

Germany invades Belgiums neutral land. https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/33550

Washington Times "Declared war" in papers

Aug 4, 1914

Word starts spreading in the U.S. about the war https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1914-08-02/ed-1/seq-1

Germans Attack Belgium

Aug 4, 1914

Germany attacked Belgium for not allowing them use their land to reach France. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98060264/1914-08-04/ed-1/seq-1

Paper - "Thoughts on battle"

Aug 22, 1914

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058396/1914-08-22/ed-1/seq-15/

Paper "German Catholics Invade"

Nov 14, 1914

Germany is invading Belgium
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/32415

England "Rejects" Trade

Feb 7, 1915

England rejecting trading and all else from Germany. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93063916/1915-02-16/ed-1/seq-1

French Invade Germany

Feb 8, 1915

Since war is declared with England, French are declared and invade Germany. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1914-08-03/ed-1/seq-1

Lusitania Sinks

May 7, 1915

Assassination/Replacement

Nov 30, 1916

https://www.jstor.org/stable/42807923?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

U.S. Enters War

Apr 6, 1917

U.S. Involvement in War

Period: Apr 6, 1917 to Nov 11, 1918

The U.S.'s involvement in the War.

Battle of Cantigny

May 28, 1918

Battle of Belleau Wood

Jun 6, 1918

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War Collapses - Terms Accepted

Sep 18, 1918

Bolgarians accept terms. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020657/1918-09-30/ed-1/seq-1

Deman Unconditions Surrender

Oct 14, 1918

Near the end of war, unconditional surrender is commanded.

Disaster on Front

Nov 5, 1918

The germans are falling apart, and the war front is becoming the allied powers. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020657/1918-10-03/ed-1/seq-1/

War Ends

Nov 11, 1918

Local Paper "PEACE"

Nov 11, 1918

War is declared over
https://calisphere.org/item/268ffd6c8888db29db9bc4c16ee171f8/>.

Surrender

Nov 11, 1918

War is amidst end. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1914-12-20/ed-1/seq-53

German Right Surrenders

Nov 11, 1918

German right wing surrenders, 40000 taken prisoner. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98060264/1914-09-15/ed-1/seq-1

Germans Losing Ground

Nov 11, 1918

Germans Losing war ground territory. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98060264/1914-09-11/ed-1/seq-1

ENGLAND DELCLARES WAR

Aug 3, 2914

Due to Germanys invadsion, England declares war on them. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98060264/1914-08-03/ed-1/seq-1/