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  1. World War I: Summary, Causes & Facts | HISTORY

    Oct 29, 2009 · World War I started in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and ended in 1918. During the confl...

  2. World War I: Causes and Timeline | HISTORY

    World War I was fought from 1914 to 1918. Learn more about World War I combatants, battles and generals, and what cau...

  3. World War I Timeline: Battles & Major Events | HISTORY

    Apr 8, 2021 · This World War I timeline of battles outlines the most important engagements of the 1914-1918 war, from the first Bat...

  4. 8 Events that Led to World War I - HISTORY

    Apr 6, 2021 · Imperialism, nationalistic pride and mutual alliances all played a part in building tensions that would erupt into war.

  5. Why Did the US Enter World War I? | HISTORY

    Apr 6, 2017 · The United States entered World War I in 1917, following the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania and the sho...

  6. The United States officially enters World War I - HISTORY

    Feb 9, 2010 · When World War I erupted in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson pledged neutrality for the United States, a position that the vast majority of Americans favored. Britain, however, was one of …

  7. The WWI Origins of the Poppy as a Remembrance Symbol - HISTORY

    May 25, 2017 · The Remembrance Day symbolism of the poppy started with a poem written by a World War I brigade surgeon who was struck by the sight of the red flowers growing on a ravaged battlefield.

  8. How the US Government Used Propaganda to Sell Americans on

    May 22, 2018 · A committee created by Woodrow Wilson to promote U.S. involvement in World War I changed public opinion, but also led...

  9. When German Immigrants Were America’s Undesirables | HISTORY

    May 11, 2018 · Because Germany was one of America’s adversaries in the war, many Anglo-Americans began to fear that German Americans were still loyal to the Kaiser, or German emperor. Suddenly, …

  10. What was the Zimmermann Telegram? - HISTORY

    May 21, 2014 · Most historians agree that American involvement in World War I was inevitable by early 1917, but the march to war was...