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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were shot on the 28th of June in 1914 to break off Austria-Hungary's south-Slav provinces so they can be combined into Greater Serbia or a Yugoslavia.
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The Schefflin Plan (made 1905) was put into action as German troops poured into Belgium. The British foreign secretary sent Germany an ultimatum demanding their withdrawal from the neutral Belgium.
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The final major battle of the first year of WWI. It was fought between France, Britain, and Germany.
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The Germans captured Warsaw, Poland from the Russians on August 5, 1915.
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The Allied powers had to leave Gallipoli after their failed campaign.
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Germany was firing torpedos on passenger ships, but Woodrow Wilson was hesitant to go to war. Germany said that they would sink all ships sailing to Britain, and they did. So we declared war on April 6th 1917.
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Austro-Hungarian forces, reinforced by German units defeated the Italian front line. German poison gas played a key role in Italy's second army.
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed between Russia and the Central Powers (Germany). Russia is exited from the war.
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The Romanov dynasty was put to an end when the whole family was killed by the Bolsheviks.
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On November 11, 1918, the Armistice was signed at 11 a.m., ending WWI.
