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Bonsnian Crisis
It was caused by the acquisition of Salvic Bonsia by Austria-Hungary, this event caused Sibra to threaten Ausita-Hungary with war. Since Russia was allied with Sibra they began preperations, then Germany who was allied with Austria-Hungary threatend war on Germany, Russia backed off causing WWI to be postponed -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
A Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne) in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. This was the "the straw that broke the camels back" so to say, it set the first World War in motion. -
Austria declared war on Serbia
After Austria's Ultimatum which Sebira rejected because Sibira "cannot be held responsible for manifestations of a private character". Austria delcared war on Serbia -
Germany & Russia join the war
Allied to Austria-Hungary by treaty, viewed the Russian mobilisation as an act of war against Austria-Hungary so Gemany declars war on Russia. -
France is at war with germany
France, bound by treaty to Russia, found itself at war against Germany and, by extension, on Austria-Hungary following a German declaration on 3 August. -
Britain declars war on Gemany
allied to France by a more loosely worded treaty which placed a "moral obligation" upon her to defend France, declared war against Germany on 4 August. Because Britain joined the war her colonies and dominions offered military and financial assistance, (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa.) -
Japan joins the war
Japan, honouring a military agreement with Britain, declared war on Germany on 23 August 1914. Two days later Austria-Hungary responded by declaring war on Japan. -
Battle of the Marne started
The First Battle of the Marne was fought in September 1914. By September 12th, the end of the Battle of the Marne, the war of movement seen since August 1914 had gone and the trench warfare associated with World War One had come into being. -
The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place
In January 1915, two Zeppelin navel airships 190 metres long, flew over the east coast of England and bombed great Yarmouth and King's Lynn. The first Zeppelin raid on London took place on 31st May 1915. The raid killed 28 people and injured 60 more. -
Allied troops landed in Gallipoli
Gallipoli was one of the Allies great disasters in World War One. Gallipoli was the plan thought up by Winston Churchill to end the war early by creating a new war front that the Central Powers could not cope with. -
Italy joins the war
Italy was committed to defend Germany and Austria-Hungary only in the event of a 'defensive' war; arguing that their actions were 'offensive' she declared instead a policy of neutrality. she finally joined the conflict by siding with the Allies against her two former allies. -
The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians
After roughly a month of fighting, the Russian soldiers were told to leave Poland to reinforce areas further East, allowing the Germans to take Warsaw. -
The Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest single battle of World War One. The casualties from Verdun and the impact the battle had on the French Army was a primary reason for the British starting the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. -
The Brusilov Offensive
The Brusilov Offensive took place in 1916. The offensive started in June 1916 and ended in August of the same year. The Brusilov Offensive ironically was nearly a major success in a war that had been a disaster for the Russians up to that year. -
The US joins the war
United States President declared a policy of absolute neutrality, an official stance that would last until 1917 when Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare - which seriously threatened America's commercial shippingn forced the U.S. to finally enter the war on 6 April 1917. -
Formtion of the League of nations
It was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace -
The Treaty of Versailles
It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. -
The Treaty Of St. Germain was signed.
Austria had allied with Germany during World War One. At the start of the war the country was commonly referred to as Austro-Hungary in reference to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, by September 1919, the empire had collapsed and Austria as an individual entity had come into existence and the Allies signed a separate treaty with Hungary – the Treaty of Trianon. -
The Treaty of Trianon was signed.
The Treaty of Trianon stated clearly that “the Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Hungary accepts the responsibility of Hungary and her allies for causing the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Austria-Hungary and her allies.” -
Treaty of Sèvres was signed
The Treaty of Sèvres was signed with the Ottoman Empire after the end of World War One. The terms of the Treaty of Sèvres were harsh and many in the Ottoman Empire were left angered and embittered by their treatment.
The Treaty of Sèvres was signed on August 10th 1920 after more than fifteen months was spent on drawing it up. Great Britain, Italy and France signed it for the victorious Allies. Russia was excluded from the process and by 1920 America had withdrawn into a policy of isolation. -
The League of Nations holds its first general assembly.
The League of Nations holds its first general assembly. -
Genoa Conference
Genoa Conference. Representatives of 34 countries discuss economics in the wake of the Great War. -
Nazi-Soviet pact
Hiter makes a non-agression pact with the soveit union. The pact has a secret clause, to carve up east germany -
Germny invades Poland
on September 1st, 1939 Germny invades Poland -
Germany Conqers Poland
On September 27th, 1939 Germany Conqers Poland -
Germany attacks Denmark and Norway
Without warning Norwat and Denmark (both neutral nations) Denmark fell immediatly, Norway kept resisting until June with the help of the Alies -
Germany attacks France
on May 10th, 1940 Germany attacks Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. Usinf Blitkrig tactics. The Germans conquered Holland in one week and Belbium in
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The Blitz
The Luftwaffe began air raids over Britian is preperation for invasion along Englands southern coast -
The Blitz Ends
The Blitz is over. Britain won the German lost two planes for every plane lost by Britain. During this time British bombers were also bombing German cities such as Hamburg, Dresden, and Berlin -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany invades led by heavly armoured panzer units, the German army poured over the Soviet borders and drove into the heart of the Soveit territory. -
Attack on Pearl Harbour
It was a suprise military strike by the Japanese army , 353 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes attacked in two waves, eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, four sunk.
This attack caused the U.S to join the war -
Nazi attack on Stalingrad
The battle consisted of constant close-quarters combat and lack of regard for military and civilian casualties.
It has one of the highest death counts in the history of war with combined casualties amounting at two million. -
Battle of Stalingrad is over
Because of the heavy losses of the German army ot was a turning point in the whole war. After the Battle of Stalingrad, German forces never recovered and did not attain any more victories in the East -
Invasion of Normandy
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, It began at night with parachuts and glider landings in the early morning amphibious landings on five beaches. It was the largest amphibious operation ever to take place -
Allied victory in Europe
The Allied forces marched, bombed, and torpedoed their way to victory in Europe. The German forces were outnumbered and out gunned by the vast allied armies. Hitler refused to surrender, he commited suicide, Germany surrendered soon after.
