World War 1

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Jun 28, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot to death in Sarajevo. The political objetive was to break of Austria-Hungary's south-slav provinces

World War 1

Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Russian's were defeated

Aug 26, 1914

Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Musurian lakes. The Russians were thus planning a concentric attack against the Eighth Army but the had already expanded westward.

First air raid on Britain

Jan 19, 1915

Two german zepplins drop bomb's on Great Yarmouth

Allie begin evacuation in Gallipoli

Dec 19, 1915

The Britis Navy successfully evacuates 83,000 survivors by sea.

Start of the battle of the Summe

Jul 1, 1916

Also known as the Somme offensive. took place between July 1st and the 18th of November. One of the biggest battles in World War 1

Battle of Caporetto

Oct 24, 1917

Also known as the Twlefth Battle of the Isonzo.

Brittish captured Jerusalem from Turks

Dec 9, 1917

The Treaty of Brest

Mar 3, 1918

Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany

Turkish Forces collapsed at megiddo

Sep 19, 1918

Was the climactic battle of the british invasion of Palestine. The battle was subdivided by the British Battles Nomenclature Comittee.

Germany Signed Armistice

Nov 11, 1918

Germany signed and armistice with the allies- the official date of the end of World War 1