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WWI Timeline

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

WWII

AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE USA

THE WAR BEGINS

WHEN ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY IS ASSASSINATED IN JUNE 1914

GERMANS SINK LUSITANIA ON MAY 7, 1915.

THE LUSITANIA CARRIED MANY AMERICAN PASSENGERS

ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM IN JAN. 1917

USA DECIDES TO DECLARE WAR AFTER GERMANS TRIED TO INVOLVE MEXICO

RUSSIA LEFT THE WAR IN MARCH 1917

GIVING THE GERMANS MORE FORCES FOR THE WESTERN FRONT

SEA DOMINANCE

ADMIRAL SIMS CREATED THE CONVOY SYSTEM WHICH MADE GERMAN SUBMARINE ATTACKS USELESS

AMERICANS START FIGHTING IN JULY 1917

93RD INFANTRY DIVISION IS THE FIRST GROUP OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO FIGHT

AMERICANS STOP GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN MARCH 1918.

WITH THE FRENCH THEY KEPT THE GERMANS FROM REACHING PARIS

BATTLE OF ARGONNE FOREST IN SEPTEMBER 1918

AMERICANS PUSH GERMANS BACK WITH A HUGE OFFENSIVE

THE FIGHTING STOPS

ON NOVEMBER 11, 1918 AN ARMISTICE IS SIGNED

TREATY ENDS WAR IN JANUARY 1919

AMERICA PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN CREATING THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES