World War I for Kids: A History with 21 Activities
February 21 Battle of Verdun December 18 March 2 Germany resumes submarine warfare April 23 Easter Rebellion in Ireland May 17 British Parliament enacts military con scription May 31 Naval Battle of Jutland July First Battle of the Somme November August 26 Italy declares war on Germany August 31 Germany again stops submarine warfare September 6 Central Powers form unitary supreme command September Britain introduces tanks at the Somme 15 October 15 Germany resumes submarine warfare November 7 Wilson is re elected US president on an antiwar platform November 21 Emperor Francis Joseph dies 1917 January 9 Germany again resumes unrestricted submarine warfare March 11 15 Russian Revolution begins after Tsar Nicholas abdicates April 6 United States declares war on Germany other Western Hemisphere nations fol low
May 15 Pétain assumes overall command of French army May 26 First US troops arrive in France June 6 Sailors in German navy begin to revolt July Battle of Passchendale November November 8 Lenin and Trotsky form Bolshevik gov ernment in Russia December British troops occupy Jerusalem December Russia negotiates peace settlement with 22 March 3 Central Powers 1918 1918 a January 8 Wilson presents Fourteen Points to US Congress July 8 Tsar Nicholas II and his family are mur dered November 7 German revolution begins in Munich November 9 German emperor Wilhelm II abdicates November Armistice ends fighting in Europe 11 November German forces in East Africa surrender 14 ending combat 1919
June 28 Treaty of Versailles is signed 1920ſ November 15 League of Nations opens first session of General Assembly
INTRODUCTION ORLD WAR I may have been the most important turning point of the 20th cen tury It was not as large and devastating a con
