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WW1 Burke

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

WORLD WAR 1

BY KATRINE BURKE
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JUNE 26,1914

ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND AND HIS WIFE ARE ASSASSINATED.

AUGUST 3, 1914

Germany declares war on France.

SEPTEMBER 15,1914

First trenches of the Western front are dug.

MAY 7, 1915

U-boat sinks the Lusitania. 1,198 civilians, 128 Americans die

SEPTEMBER 5,1915

Tsar Nicholas takes command of the Russian armies.

DECEMBER 28, 1915

Allies begin withdrawal of troops from Gallipoli.

NOVEMBER 7, 1916

Woodrow Wilson re-elected President of the United States.

APRIL 6, 1917

WILSON ASKS CONGRESS FOR A DECLARATION OF WAR WITH GERMANY.

JULY 3, 1917

The first wave of the American Expeditionary Force lands in France

JUNE 28, 1918

PEACE TREATY SIGNED BY GERMAN DELEGATES AND ALLIES IN VERSAILLES.