World War 1 Outline

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World War 1 marked the first great international conflict of the twentieth century. At 11:15 am on June 28, 1914, in the Bosnian capital, Saravejo, Frank Ferdinand and his morganatic wife, Sophie were shot dead by Bosnian Serb (Gavrilo Princip). The Austrians decided to present an unacceptable ultimatum to Serbia and then to declare war, relying on Germany to deter Russia from intervention. the terms of the ultimatum were finally approved on July 19. Serbia replied to the ultimatum on July 25, accepting most of its demands but protesting against two of them German Foreign Office had been giving such encouragement to Berchtold that already on July 27 he had persuaded Franz Joseph to authorize war against Serbia. War was in fact declared on July …show more content…

Austria-Hungary, dissolving from within due to growing nationalist movements among its diverse population, reached an armistice on November 4. Facing dwindling resources on the battlefield, discontent on the home front and the surrender of its allies, Germany was finally forced to seek an armistice on November 11, 1918, ending World War …show more content…

Is war time and everything could happen, your best friend the on you trust a lot he might not be a real American and actually he was working for Germany and he was just using you, that was the feeling of America in that moment. After the destruction of the New Jersey Shipping depot that was felt hundreds of miles away and provoke damage on the “Statue of Liberty” and a lot of other acts. The found out that all this acts have been the work of “German Agents” that made America became in a mood of suspicion. After this the president “Woodrow Wilson in the annual message to the congress in 1915 said –there are citizens of