WW1

START OF THE WAR

• June 1914
• Franz Ferdinand assassinated
• By Serbian officials
• To bring down Austro-Hungarian Empire

U.S. ENTERS THE WAR

• April 1917
• U.S. declares war
• On Central Powers (Germany)

WIB ESTABLISHED

• July 1917
• War Industries Board
• Coordinated production of war materials

OFFICERS TO PARIS

• July 4, 1917
• John J. Pershing and officers
• Arrive in Paris
• Helped the French gain freedom

FOURTEEN POINTS SPEECH

• January 8,1918
• Spoke by Wilson
• Spoke before U.S. Congress

GERMAN'S LAST ATTACK

• March 21, 1918
• Launched major attack
• Very close to Paris

U.S. VICTORY

• July 1918
• Held their ground against Germany
• Victory at Cantigny

BATTLE OF ARGONNE FOREST

• September 26, 1918
• American troops were above
• Germans began to retreat

DECLARING INDEPENDENCE

• October 1918
• Poland, Hungary,and Czechoslovakia
• All declared independence
• Led to surrendering to the allies

THE END OF THE WAR

• November 11, 1918
• Germany signed an armistice
• Ended World War 1