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world war one
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assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand
the assassination of arch duke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austro Hungarian throne was assassinated in June 28th 1914 in Sarajevo Bosnia, Herzegovina by Gavarilo Princip a nineteen year old Bosnian Serb who was apart of the black hand organization -
Austria Hungary declares war on serbia
a month after the assassination of arch duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie duchess of hohenberg making them declare war to punish Serbia for what had happened to Franz and his wife Sophie -
Germany begins "unrestricted submarine warfare"
Germany declares a uncalled for war zone around Great Britain on February 4th 1915 nicknamed "unrestricted submarine warfare" sinking any boat that goes into the zone without warning not mattering if the boats were weaponized or civilian -
the sinking of the lusitania
the Lusitania was a non-weaponized civilian British owned steam ship the ship was carrying civilians on a voyage from New York to Liverpool in early May 1915 when the ship had left it had been hit by German u boats with torpedoes with no warning six days after taking off to Liverpool leaving 1,195 dead including 128 Americans which left America outraged ultimately forcing Germany to stop unrestricted submarine warfare or firing on ships with civilians on board without warning -
the battle of Verdun
on February 21st 1916 the Germans had invaded the front lines of Verdun starting the battle of Verdun the point of the battle of Verdun had been to crush the French army before the allies grew in power through the full deployment of British forces -
battle of the somme
the battle of the Somme was a operation between the British and french army they had planned to achieve victory over the Germans on the western front after 18 months of trench deadlock essentially meaning both sides had fired mostly anything to weaken each other but neither side made a substantial gain of land to advance but had lost massive amounts of soldiers -
Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare
on February 1st 1917 the Germans return the unrestricted submarine warfare policy which was previously suspended due to the USA giving pressure on Germany. Germany had continued the unrestricted submarine warfare for one main reason to prevent supplies from getting to Britain Germany had made this plan thinking it would starve out Britain from the war before any back up from America had came to help in the war this plan eventually backfired heavily -
united states terminates diplomatic relations with Germany
Germany's continuation of unrestricted submarine warfare had sent more merchant and passenger ships the floor of the ocean understandingly making america mad at Germany again because the ships they had sunken were civilian and also carried Americans and other innocent people making the USA eventually sever ties with Germany in February -
the Zimmerman telegram decoded
on March 1st 1917 the Germans telegram was decoded which was sent to Mexico it had went public and the telegram had urged Mexico to join the war if the United States would join they would then go on to bribe Mexico by committing to help them regain land they had lost such as Arizona,Texas and new mexico once the USA had found out what the Zimmerman telegram said it had further enraged America pushing them further to join the war -
united states declared war on germany
in April 4th 1917 president Woodrow Wilson had cited on how Germany had violated the pledge to stop unrestricted submarine warfare in the north Atlantic and the Mediterranean sea and also the Zimmerman telegram trying to entice Mexico to join the war against the USA if they had joined this giving the USA a multitude of reasons to join the war -
Russia signs armistice with germany
Russia signs a armistice with the central powers effective during December 17th through January 15th 1918 called for automatic extensions with a seven day notice of cancellation -
Russia signs treaty of Brest-litovsk
the treaty of Brest-Litovsk a peace treaty signed on March 3rd 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the ottoman empire) that had ended Russia's participation in world war 1 -
attack at Meuse-Argonne (the final offensive of world war one)
the attack at Meuse Argonne had been a part of the final allied offensive of world war 1 it was also one of the attacks that had brought a end to world war one and it was fought from September 26th 1918 through November 11th 1918 when the armistice was signed -
Germany signs the Armistice at Compiègne ending World War 1
the truce also named the armistice would start on September 11th 1918 or on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in November in 1918 the armistice was signed at 5:00 A.M. by the marshal of France Ferdinand Foch, a long with many other allies of Germany inside Foch's private railroad cart at compiegne France -
Peace conference begins at paris
the peace conference of Paris was In Versailles just outside of Paris the meeting was to establish terms of peace after world war 1 the four main people there were also known as the big 4 (Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio emanuele Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of the U.S)