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February 21 - December 18, 1916
German attack on Verdun, longest battle, French victory, great losses for bothMarch 9, 1916
General Pancho Villas, raid on Columbus, New Mexico, distracts U.S from WW1March 24, 1916
French passenger ship, Sussex is destroyed by torpedo, Americans woundedMay 31 - June 1, 1916
Battle of Jutland, largest naval battle, no clear victor, between Britain and GermanyJune 5, 1916
British support by T.E Lawrence, Hussein lead an Arab revolt against the TurksJuly 1, 1916
start of the 2nd battle of (river) Somme, the greatest number of British losses, 60,000. British, France, and GBAugust - December 1916
Romania joins the Allies, quickly taken over by GermanyAugust 28, 1916
Italy declares war on GermanyNovember 28, 1916
First German airplane raid on BritainDecember 12, 1916
Germany issues peace note suggesting a compromiseDecember 18, 1916
Battle of Verdun ends, German defeatFebruary 3, 1917
U.S. severs diplomatic ties with GermanyFebruary 24, 1917
Zimmerman telegram is passed, Mexico allies w/ Germany against the U.S.April 6, 1917
U.S. declares war on GermanyMay 28, 1917
Pershing leaves NY for France, Pershing is a U.S. generalJune 26, 1917
First U.S. troops arrive in France, 1st divisionJuly 11, 1917
Pershing requests upwards of 3,000,000 menNovember 7, 1917
Bolshevik Revolution results in a communist gov under LeninDecember 22, 1917
Russia opens peace negotiations with Germany (Brest-Litovsk)January 8, 1918
Wilson makes 14 points address to Congress, how to create peace after the warJune 6, 1918
U.S troops capture Bouresches and sotuhern part of Belleau WoodJuly 16-17, 1918
Tsar Nicholas II and family killed by BolsheviksSeptember 12, 1918
U.S forces clear the St. Miheal salient during the greatest air assault of the warSeptember 27 - October 17, 1918
Haig's forces storm the Hindenburg Line, breaking through at several points, German Defensive LineNovember 11, 1918
Armistace DayJanuary 10-15, 1919
Communist Revolt in BerlinJanuary 18, 1919
Start of peace negotiations in ParisJanuary 25, 1919
Peace conference accepts principle of a League of NationsMay 7 - June 28, 1919
Treaty of Versailles is drafted and signedSeptember 15, 1916
Tanks introduced by the British on the Somme battlefieldAugust 31, 1916
Germany suspends sub warfareApril 2, 1917
Wilson delivers war address to CongressMarch 1, 1917
Zimmerman telegram is published by pressFebruary 1, 1917
Germany resumes unrestricted sub warfareMay 4, 1916
Germany agrees to limit sub warfareMarch 15, 1917
Tsar Nicholas abdicates due to Russian RevolutionDecember 7, 1917
U.S. declares war on Ausria-HungaryFebruary 6, 1919
German National Assembly, meets in WeimarNovember 7-11, 1918
Germany negotiates an armistace with the Allies
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