World War I
Timeline by: Aidan Drury
1870
-Prussia forced Germany to give up territory along the German border. As a result of this France and Germany became enemies with each other.
1894
-this is when the Franco-Russian alliance is formed
1898
- Germany began building a larger and more modern navy
1908
- Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia.
Feb. 1915
- Germany began sinking ships
1916
- Woodrow Wilson's campaign slogan was "he kept us out of war"
1917
- American loans given out to allies added up to almost 2 billion dollars
feb-mar. 1917
- Germany sank six more American ships
apr. 1917
- Wilson petitions to declare war on Germany
1917
- United States enters the war
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July 4, 1917
- AEF arrives in Paris
1918
- treaty of Brest-litovsk
Mar. 21, 1918
- Germany's last offensive attack
June 1, 1918
- American and French troops blocked the Germans from taking over Paris
July 15, 1918
- When the German's one finally massive attack to try and defeat Germany
Sept. 26, 1918
- battle of the Argonne Forrest
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Oct. 1918
- Poland and Hungary declared their independence
nov. 9 1918
- Germany became a republic
nov. 11 1918
- an agreement was made to end fighting, this is when the war officially ended
Jan. 1919
- delegates from 27 countries gathered for a peace conference at the palace of Versailles. This resulted in the treaty of Versailles