WWI – 1916 – 1934 Timeline (Test #2)
1916 January – McMahon Pledge
February – Germans attack Verdun
May – Sykes-Picot Treaty – Britain and France
Arab revolt against Ottomans begins
May 31-June 1 – Battle of Jutland
June – US authorizes expansion of military (Preparedness)
July – Battle of the Somme begins
November – Battle of the Somme ends
December – Germans retreat/surrender at Verdun
Germans seek peace with territorial gains – Allies reject
1917 January – Wilson’s “Peace without Victory” speech
February – Germans launch unrestricted sub warfare
British reveal Zimmerman note to U.S.
March - First Russian Revolution (democratic)
April – U.S. declaration of war on Germany
Nivelle Offensives – French mutinies
June – U.S. troops begin arriving in France (but not fighting)
July – Arabs capture Aqaba port
October – Italian loss at Caporetto (12th battle of the Isonzo)
November – 2nd Revolution in Russia (Bolshevik)
December – German-Russian armistice signed
Jerusalem captured by Arabs and British
1918
January – Wilson delivers Fourteen Points speech
March – Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed
German offensives begin
June – Americans take Belleau Wood
Italian victory over Austria-Hungarian forces
July – German offensives stopped and pushed back
(Second Battle of the Marne)
September – Allied Offensives (Meuse-Argonne)
October – Central Powers seek peace
November – German sailors revolt
Kaiser abdicates
11th - Armistice signed
1919
January – Paris Peace Conference begins
June – Treaty of Versailles is signed
1921 – Washington Naval Conference
1922 – Fascists march on Rome
Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy
1923 –Munich Beer Hall Putsch
1924 – Death of Lenin in the Soviet Union
1928 – Kellogg – Briand Pact
Stalin takes full power in Soviet Union
1929 – U.S. Stock Market Crash
1932 – Hitler runs for President
1933 – February – Reichstag Fire
March – Enabling Act passed
1934 – President Von Hindenburg dies – Hitler becomes Fuehrer