World war 1

World War 1 (1914-1918)

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and Franz Ferdinand's wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip.
  • Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns

    Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns
    This equipment was prepared and used when war broke out, starting World War I.
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania
    Germany sank the Russian steamship with many American passengers on board. Thus, the United States entered the World War I.
  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution
    This was the political and social revolutions that started the abolishment of the monarchy's and ended with the forming of the Soviet Union.
  • U.S. entry into WWI

    U.S. entry into WWI
    U.S asked regular living people to volunteer and fight in the War with propaganda.
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram
    This was a secret note directed to Mexico, in hope for the unity/alliance of Germany and Mexico
  • Battle of Argonne Forest

    Battle of Argonne Forest
    This was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front
  • Armistice

    Armistice
    An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce
  • Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

    Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
    The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    This was a peace treaty that ended World War I. This ended the state of war between Germany and the allied powers.