Hempstead ww1 Project
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Updated: 7 Jun 2021
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Created byIsaac Hempstead
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated
Ferdinand while enjoying a parade was plotted
against and eventually killed by the group
the black hand. While this group was poorly
put together in the end one of the assassins
was able to simply walk up to Ferdinand and
shoot both him and his wife. After this, Austia-
Hungary declared war on Serbia. This caused
the alliance system to activate and soon
Germany declares war on Russia and France.
Britain declares war on Germany. And Austria
declares war on RussiaItaly joins the fighting. Italy declares war on
Austria-Hungary. This is significant because
when the war began Italy was aligned with
Austria Hungary and Germany, but decided to
stay neutral. On may 3rd Italy broke the alliance
and on the midnight of the 23rd Italy declared
war on it's former allies. Italy's Army grew
into more than 5 million soldiers, with
around 460,000 killed and almost a million
wounded.The United States declared war on Germany.
There were 2 main reasons for the US to enter
the war. The first is that Germany sunk a
passenger ship and killed 100 civilians. The
second which is the real reason the US joined
was because of the interception of the
Zimmerman telegraph. This was a
telegraph from Germany to Mexico telling
Mexico to attack America. Because of this
America felt the need to join the war.
This also meant America reinstated the
draft for the first time since the civil war.Russia signs armistice with Germany. The
Russian government was dealing with its
own revolution and had no interest or
wish for Russia to fight in world war I. In
November of 1917 Russia approached
Germany and Austria after attempting
to pressure Britain and the Allies into a
peace treaty. After no response from the
Allies they threatened to create their own
peace with Germany and did such. Russia
had almost 15 million soldiers in their army
at the time, including the roughly 2 million
dead.Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with
Germany. In the city of Brest-Litovsk, located in
modern-day Belarus near the Polish border,
Russia signed a treaty with the Central Powers
completely ending its participation in the great
war. The treaty was annulled. By the terms of
the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, Germany was
forced to give up its territorial gains from the
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Which were claimed
throughout the war. This was a clear sign of
the Allies' advantage over the central powersGermany begins its final offensive of the war.
The Spring Offensives of 1918 were Germany’s
last chance to defeat the allied forces, and
thereby win. Their losses by the middle of
summer left the German army weak,
demoralized and facing its own defeat soon.
This offensive lost for many reasons many
revolving around incomitance and lack of both
manpower and tanks. In addition it is often said
that General Ludendorff squandered his best
chance at victory by missing British logistical
vulnerabilitiesAllied and German representatives sign treaty
of Versailles. Many voices at Versailles held
Germany responsible for the war, wanting the
country to be greatly limited economically and
militarily, making it incapable of future
aggression. The French representative and
premier, George Clemenceau was the most
vocal of this desire. He called for Germany to
pay huge sums of money, known as
reparations.
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