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Austrian-Hungarian Empire Declares war on Serbia
Because of the archduke's murder the Austrian-Hungarian Empire Declares war on Serbia. -
War Begins
Germany declares war on Russia -
War Begins
Germany declares war on France -
War Begins
When Germany declares War on Belgium and fails to withdraw Britain comes to Belgium's aid and declares war on Germany. -
The Batle of Tannenburg
the russians were to invade east prussia under the comand od ALexander samsonov, the campaign started well for russia; however, the russians were defeated by the germans who intercepted their radio instructions. -
Battle of Marne
the battle of marne was fought between the German and the french at the river marne.under the command of Joseph Joffre the french troops retreated to the south of the river marne where they finally fought, the battle ended with french victory. -
Battle of Ypres
the battle of ypres along with the battle of somme is one of the most famous battles of world war one. the british troops entered ypres and fought germans with only six weeks of training who walked into battle, arms linked and singing patriotic songs. -
Christmas truce
an unofficial christmas truce is declared -
Gallipoli
The gallipoli campaign begins and lasts several months with the turkish gaining the upper hand against australian troops, gallipoli was one of the worst Australian battles. -
RMS Lusitania
The british boat RMS Lusitania was breifly the worldes biggest ship and was primarily used to ferry people and cargo between the united states and great britain, it's sinking hastened the united states involvement in the war. -
Battle of Verdun
The battle of Verdun begins, which was one of the longest and bloodiest battlesof WWI, the effects of this battle was the primary reason the british started the battle of somme, the battle of somme was supposed to be a distraction but the verdun battle was still going on for a long time after the battle of somme ended. -
Battle of Jutland
the battle of jutland is considered to be the only major naval battle of world war one, the british victory left the german naval fleet in such a bad way that they were no longer able to fight on the seas and win. -
Battle of Somme
the battle of somme was started by the british to try to draw german troops away from the battle of verdun, this battle had a total loss of 920,000 german, british and french soldiers, it was beleived at the time that this battle would have little effect on the battle of verdun. -
Zimmerman Telegram
the Zimmerman Telegram was sent from germany to mexico in an effort to get the mexicans to fight for germany by declaring war on the U.S, the british intercepted the telegram and deciphered it and showed the contents to the U.S, the U.S were outraged at the fact that the war was coming to them. -
U.S joins War
following the outrage of theZimmerman Telegram the U.S decided to stop isolating themselves and join the war on the allies side. -
Battle of Passchendaele
the Battle of Passchendaele is often considered to be the third battle of ypres,but for the soldiers fighting it was known as the battle of mud, in the first ten days over four million shells were fired at the germans but the germans were prepared for a heavy attack so any hope of suprise was lost. -
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
the Treaty of Brest Litovsk ended the war between russia and germany, the organisation of the treaty waqs a disaster as the allied forces who were supposed to help negotiate the treaty failed to show so russia had to organise the treaty all on her own. -
Red Baron
the red baron was a bright red fighter plane used for war propoganda, it would shoot down plane after plane without being shot down itself, eventually at the end of the war the red baron was shot down by australian troops -
Battle of Marne
the third battle of marne effectively ended all german hopes of victory, the tactics employed by the british were similar to the tactics employed in the battle of cambrai,similar to how the british made a suprise attack in the first battle the americans also made a suprise attack on the germans which ensured their loss. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
Kaiser Wilhelm II was forced to abdicate and flee germany to the netherlands where he remained in exile until he died at age 82. -
Treaty
The treaty of Versailles is the official end of World War One.
