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From February 21st through December 18, 1916, the Battle of Verdun occurred along the Meuse River in France. The Germans were trying to lead the French white by attacking the city of Verdun because it had been previously weakened by the repositioning of French Soldiers earlier. The Germans wanted to take this city because of its location and because it was a symbol of French pride, but they failed, and all that changed was the casualty count, which was between 700,000 to 800,000. -
World War 1 began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on June 28, 1914, while the countries waging war at the very start of the war were Russia, Serbia, Britain, and France against the opposing Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire. -
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On April 22nd-25th, 1915, the 2nd part of a battle called the Second Battle of Ypres took place, and I think this battle was important because it was the first time chemical warfare was used in the war, and the Germans used it against the French and Algerian troops. It ravaged them, leaving the soldiers in a panic. -
On April 26th, 1915, Italy signed a secret agreement called the Treaty of London that drew them into World War 1. Another thing they did that got them into WW1 was declaring war on Austria-Hungary and Germany on May 23rd, 1915, almost a month after they signed the Treaty. -
On October 1, 1917, Leo Joseph Bailey deployed in France for the first time, and he was always on his feet, moving from town to town, trying to find someone willing to speak to him in French. -
After Leo Joseph Bailey was first deployed in France, he saw little action and was trained from the fall of 1917 to the spring of 1918. During the times he wasn’t training, he tried to become acquainted with the French language, people, and their customs. He also wrote many letters to his family during this time. -
Also on June 15th, 1918, after his injury, he was taken to Base Hospital 27 in Angers, France, where he spent 2 months recovering and described it as “the ideal life of a soldier's dreams”. -
Leo Joseph Bailey was wounded at Belleau Wood, France, on June 15, 1918, while diving for his dugout in the side of a trench during an artillery attack, leaving him in need of medical attention. His arm took the blast of the shell. -
After being injured, Leo Joseph Bailey was moved to the 85th Prisoner of War Escort Company on August 15th, 1918, where he served until 1919. Nothing bad happened because both the prisoners and the guards just wanted to go home. -
An armistice for World War 1 was signed on November 11, 1918, at 11:00 am, which just about ended the war, but the official end was on June 28th, 1919, when the Treaty of Versailles was signed.