Miguel Vasquez WWI Timeline by Miguel Vasquez

Archduke death #1 - June 28, 1914#1

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Archduke planned with his wife to go to Sarajevo to check the military stationed but Serbian Nationalists are angry at him. This gave Gavrilo Princip a Serbian to plan an execution to Archduke for taking over Bosnia. The first attempt failed his plan injure a lot of people so Archduke went to go check on them heading to the hospital they made a wrong turn and Princip was near a store and saw them so he got his gun and killed Archduke and his wife.

Everyone in Austria-Hungary is mad at Serbia for killing Archduke and his wife. This made Austria-Hungary declare war against Serbia.

Somme of the battle #2 - July 1 – Nov. 18, 1916 #2

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This battle has been the costliest battle of WWI for many soldiers. These 3 countries had many casualties of 420,000 British 200,000 French 500,000 German.

Many soldiers had to deal with different kinds of traps during war like barbed wires, mines, mud, and weapons this can sometimes cause them their life. Many soldiers get affected by mustard gas which can lead to chest pains and burning your throats it also starts going to your lungs.

Gas #3 - 1917 #3

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Mustard Gas causes many problems to soldiers during the war it has made them suffer around their whole body. This made people develop gas masks so they can protect themselves with the gas that can kill them.

Many soldiers and civilians will experience death and injuries from the chemical attacks. This kind of problem during war was a problem so they had to banned it.

U.S. enters war #4 - April 2, 1917: #4

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Germany wanted any ships around Britain to be destroyed so it can sink for shipping supplies for their Allies, when the Germans sank the Lusitania many people died 1,198 civilians died 128 U.S. citizens also. A secret telegram sent to Mexico telling them how they will give back their land that the U.S. took away from them it was called the Guadalupe Hidalgo that's when the U.S. enters the War.

This started citizens making posters around the U.S. You can join the army and also help women get jobs. It can also cause some countries to lose their colonies.

Russia exit the war #5 - March 3, 1918 #5

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Russia exited the war when they signed a treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918. Losing resources and many lives has made them exit the war so they can have peace.

Making this choice has made Germany and Central Power to refocus Western front. They also lost a lot of land throughout the war more than anyone else that was part of the war.

Treaty #6 - June 28, 1919 #6

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They started punishing the Central powers but Germany had the most blame for supposedly starting the war even when they weren't the one who started it. This made they pay $33 billion for all the damages they have done and for the soldiers that were killed in the war.

This had Germany losing colonies and territories when taking the treaty they had to give land back to France. They also had to accept the guilt for the war they supposedly started they also can't maintain an army.