This is one in many propaganda posters during world war one. This would send a message to the towns people that they should help the cause by joining the army. The women also had posters for them saying they can join the work force. This means they would be helping by making bullets, planes, and guns. The message in the poster would also change the opinions of the people of how war is through the pictures or the message. It was the first war to ever use propaganda.
This is the triple alliance during world war 1. Germany would first make a alliance with Austria-Hungary then with Italy. They would be going up against Russia, France, and Britain. Italy broke the alliance when they ran because they thought they did not a chance against the opponent. The triple alliance was broken in 1915.
This was the weapon that Gavrilo Princip used to kill Franz Ferdinand and his wife. They say that this was the shot heard around the world. He was part of a secret military society called the black hand. They had been planing to assassinate Franz for a while now. When Gavrilo killed Fanz and his wife, he was immediately taken into jail. Later that day he was sentenced to 20 years in jail. What should been a full sentence but he was to young.
This car called the 1910 Graf & Double Phaeton was the car that Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in. He chose this car because he wanted to make a statement that he was not afraid of the Serbs and wanted it to feel like the people can trust him. The car was roof less and not that protective against bullets.
This was the first war to ever use chemical weapons so heavily, The Germans were the very first ones to use it on April 22, 1915. German forces fired 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas on two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium. This would help them breach the trench but the Germans were so devastated by the effects it had on the enemy they did not use this to there full capability.