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1914

• June 28th Arch-Duke Franz-Ferdinand
  assassinated
• July 28th Austro-Hungary declared war on Serbia
• July 31st Russia mobilizes
• August 1st Germany declares war on Russia and
  mobilizes
• August 3rd Germany declares war on France
• August 4th Germany invades Belgium Britain
  declares war on Germany
• August 6th Austro-Hungary declares war on Russia

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Three Stages of the War

• 1. War of Motion (August to December 1914)
• 2. Stalemate (January 1915 to February 1917)
• 3. Revolution and Ending of the War (February
  1917 to November 1918)

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The 250,000 casualties at Tannenberg indirectly
helped the French at the Battle of the Marne.

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September 15th first trenchesdug on the
Western Front

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Christmas 1914 Truce

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1915

• February 4th Germany declares a submarine
  blockade of Great Britain
• April 25th Allies begin Gallipoli Campaign
• May 7th Lusitania sunk
• August 30th Germany suspends unrestricted
  submarine warfare
• September 5th Tsar takes command of army on the
  Eastern Front
• September 15th British launch a gas attack at
  Loos
• December 28th Allies begin withdrawal from
  Gallipoli

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Aeroplanes were originally employed for aerial
reconnaissance and artillery-spotting.

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The offensive potential for aeroplanes was
quickly recognized.

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Dogfights became a regular feature of the air
war, as nations competed for air-supremacy.

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1916

• February 21st to December 18th Battle of Verdun
• May 31st to June 1st Battle of Jutland
• July 1st November 1th Battle of the Somme
• November 7th Wilson re-elected (He kept us out
  of war!)
• December 31st Rasputin murdered

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The German strategy at the Battle of Verdun was
to bleed the French white.

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The French vowNone shall pass!

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The Battle of Verdun lasts for ten months.

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The Germans suffered 540,000 casualties to
Frances 430,000.

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The Battleof Verdun resulted inthe highest
density of dead soldiersin any war.

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The Battle of the Somme

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The Allied offensive characterized everything
that was wrong with the High Command.

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The only response was to continue throwing more
men into the battle.

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1917

• January 19th Zimmerman telegram intercepted by
  the British.
• February 1st Germany resumes unrestricted
  submarine warfare
• March 15th Tsar Nicholas II abdicates
• April 6th Wilson asks Congress for a
  declaration of war
• April-June - 500,000 French soldiers mutiny
• May 18th Selective Service Act passed
• July 3rd first wave of AEF lands in France
• October 23rd Americans fire first shots in
  combat
• November 7th Bolsheviks seize power in Russia
• November Battle of Cambrai
• December 3rd Bolshevik government in Russia
  signs armistice with Germany

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Reasons why the United States entered World War I

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1.Almost allthe news fromthe front was
filtered through the British, resulting in most
Americans favoring the Allies.

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2. Unrestricted submarine warfare, which led to .
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. . . the indiscriminate sinking ofships such as
the S. S. Lusitania.

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3. Germanys attempt to enlist Mexican support
through an anti-American alliance, as proposed in
the now-infamous Zimmerman Telegram

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4. Four American ships are sunk during the first
two-weeks of March 1917.

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Americas most famous general at the time was
Black Jack Pershing.

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General Pershing was placed in commandof the
American Expeditionary Force.
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The United States quickly recruited, trained,
equipped, and deployed a large army.

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Upon disembarking in France, General Pershing
declared Lafayette, we have arrived!

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French Generals wanted to use American soldiers
as replacements in their depleted formations.

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Pershing insisted that American soldiers would
fight in American units commanded by American
officers under the American flag.

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1918

• January 8th Wilson declares Fourteen Points
• March 21st Germans launch first of five major
  offensives aimed at victory before American
  forces can be deployed
• July 16/17th Tsar and family executed
• September 27th Allies break through the
  Hindenberg Line
• October 30th Turkey signs armistice
• November 9th Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
• November 10th German republic declared
• November 11th Armistice Day

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American forces baptism of fire occurred at
Chateau Thierry, where they stopped the last
major German offensive of the war.

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American Marines fought with distinctionat the
Battle of Belleau Woods.

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Sergeant Alvin York earned the Congressional
Medal of Honor for bravery above and beyond the
callof duty.

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The end to World war I comes quickly once the
United States gets involved as a result 1. tanks,
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. . . 2. fresh U.S. troops, eager to fight, . . .

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. . . and 3. Americas industrial might.

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J. F. C. Fuller

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It was hoped the introduction of tanks would
return mobility to the battlefield.

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Smaller light tanks would exploit breaks in the
trenches and outflank enemy formations.

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General George Catlett Marshall, U. S. Army
Chief-of-Staff and architect of Allied victory in
World War II.

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General Douglas A. McArthur, commander of Allied
forces in the Southwest Pacific during World War
II, and United Nations forces during the Korean
War.

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Future-General George S. Patton, commanderof the
Third Army in Europe during World War II.

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Captain Eddie Rickenbacker became Americas
most-famous ace.

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