WWI Outbreak Events- McClanahan

By JakeMcClan59

  • Arhduke Francis Ferdinand Assassinated

    Arhduke Francis Ferdinand Assassinated
    1. One of the reasons that sparked the outbreak of WWI
    2. His wife Sophie was also assassinated with him by Bosnian Serb

  • Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia
    1. Was the beginnning of WWI
    2. Started due to the assassinantion of Archduke and his wife.

  • Germany Declares War on Russia

    Germany Declares War on Russia
    1. Austria had declared war on Serbia just a few days before over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Germany, an ally of Austria, in return declared war on Russia.
    2. Sparked WWI

  • Germany Declares War on France

    Germany Declares War on France
    1. Germany was planning to attack Russia, and they knew France would honour its alliance with Russia so they could declare war on them.
    2. France surrendered on June 22, 1940.

  • Germany Invades Belgium

    Germany Invades Belgium
    1. The Belgian government mobilised its armed forces on July 31at and a state of Kriegsgefahr, "danger of war," was proclaimed in Germany.
    2. Resulted from the request of a free passage through Belgium.

  • German U-Boats Sink the Lusitania

    German U-Boats Sink the Lusitania
    1. The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 minutes.
    2. The United States protested the actionand made Germany later apologize.

  • Germany Announces Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

    Germany Announces Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
    1. A type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers.
    2. Restricted submarine warfare was a result of desperation from Germany and they beliefved that the ferocity of it might just keep America out of the war if the results were good enough.

  • Zimmerman Note is Discovered

    Zimmerman Note is Discovered
    1. It was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire offering a military alliance with Mexico, in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany.
    2. It was intercepted and read by British intelligence in January 1917.

  • US Declares War on Germany

    US Declares War on Germany
    1. They were trying to make the world safe for Democracy.
    2. Entered the US into WWI.

  • Russian Monarchy is Overthrown

    Russian Monarchy is Overthrown
    1. Russia became a representative government.
    2. Vladimir Lenini overhtrew the provisional government.