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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferninand was heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire when he was coming back from an official visit to City Hall and got shot. -
First Battle of the Marne begins.
On September 6, 1914, some 30 miles northeast of Paris, the French 6th Army under the command of General Michel-Joseph Manoury attacks the right flank of the German 1st Army, beginning the decisive First Battle of the Marne at the end of the first month of World War I. -
Battle of Lodz begins
Battle for Lodz begins on Eastern Front. -
First German zeppelin air raid on England
The Zeppelin developed in 1914 could reach a maximum speed of 136 kph and reach a height of 4,250 metres. The Zeppelin had five machine-guns and could carry 2,000 kg (4,400 lbs) of bombs. -
battle of verdun
the first war on western front, one of the most major battles of the war. ended in a french victory when germany failed to achieve there two strategic objectives. war resulted in a quater of a million deaths. -
Battle of Somme
Between the british and germans.The battle of Somme was a diversion to take German soldiers away from the salient -
Germany issues peace note suggesting compromise peace
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
German leaders decide to launch unrestricted U-boat warfare.
The use of unrestricted submarine warfare was to have a major impact on World War One as it was one of the main reasons why America joined the war. -
german spring offensive of 1918
a series of german attacts along western front. marked the deepest advances by either side since 1914. germans succed. -
End of World War 1
The Allied powers signed a ceasefire agreement with Germany at Rethondes, France, at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918, bringing the war, later known as World War 1, to a end.
