History WW1

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  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

    World War 1 was started because of his assassination

  • Austria issues a harsh ultimatum to Serbia

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

  • First shots of World War 1

    The first shots were fired by Austrian monitor SMS Bodrog which bombarded Belgrade in response to Serbian sappers blowing up the railway bridge over the river Sava linking the two countries.

  • Russian general mobilisation

    In response to the Austrian declaration of war on 28 July

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • French mobilisation

    In response to German troops invading Luxembourg and Belgium along with the German ultimatum

  • Invasion of Luxembourg

    By 7:00 pm on 1 August, German troops invaded Luxembourg
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    German mobilisation

    Prelude to war against Russia

  • German occupation of Luxembourg

    preliminary to the invasion of Belgium and France

  • German ultimatum to Belgium

    Requested free passage for the German army on the way to France which was denied by King Albert of Belgium in fear of violating his country´s neutrality.

  • Germany declares war on France

  • Germany declares war on Belgium

  • the United Kingdom declares war on Germany

    In response to Germany´s violation of Belgium neutrality

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia

  • Britain and France declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • Japan sides with Britain

    seizes German possessions in China and the Pacific

  • the Black Sea Raid

    two ships belonging to the Ottoman Empire manned by German crews and commanded under their German admiral, carried out surprise attacks against Russian ports

  • Turkey enters the war

    Turkey enters the war on the side of the Central powers

  • Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire

    In response to the Black Sea Raid

  • Britain and France declares war on the Ottoman Empire

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    Christmas Truce of 1914

    French, German and British soldiers had an unofficial truce on Christmas eve and Christmas day

  • the Treaty of London

    Secret treaty between Italy and the Triple Entente

  • Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • Bulgaria-German treaty

    Bulgaria joins the war on the side of the Central powers
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    Mobilisation of the Bulgarian Army

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    Serbian campaign (1915)

    Serbia is defeated by the Central powers and retreats into the mountains of Montenegro and Albania

  • Romania enters the war

  • Germany´s secret diplomatic communication with Mexico

    Germany proposed a military alliance with Mexico, this would allow Mexico to recover former territories should the United States enter World War 1.
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    February Revolution

    Revolution in Russia which ended the monarchy

  • Russian Provisional Government is established

  • United States declares war on Germany

    In response to German attacks on American merchant ships and the revelation that Germany was trying to incite Mexico to initiate war against the United States.

  • King Constatine I abdicates his throne in athens

  • Greece declares war against the Central powers

  • October Revolution starts in Russia

  • the Winter Palace is captured by the Bolshevik Red Guards

  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    peace treaty signed between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central powers

  • Russia exits World War 1

  • Treaty of Bucharest

    Peace treaty between Romania and the Central Powers
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    Vardar offensive

    Allied powers attack Bulgarian-held trenches in Serbia

  • Armistice of Salonica

    the Bulgarian government requested a ceasefire on 24 September and surrenders on 30 September

  • Armistice of Mudros

    Hostilities ended between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies

  • The monarchy is dissolved in Austria-Hungary

  • Ottoman Empire Surrenders

  • Armistice of Villa Giusti

    Austria-Hungary signs an armistice with Italy
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    German Revolution

  • Austria-Hungary surrenders

  • German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates

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    Romania re-enters the war

  • Germany signs the Armistice of 11 November 1918

  • End of World War 1

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Germany signs a peace treaty with the Allied powers

  • Formation of the League of Nations

  • Weimar Republic is formed

  • Formation of the Soviet Union

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    Beer Hall Putsch

    attempted coup d'état by Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler

  • Lenin´s death

  • Stalin becomes the supreme leader of the Soviet Union

  • Hitler is sworn in as chancellor

  • Germany withdraws from the League of Nations

  • Germany wins back the Saar

  • German troops enter the Rhineland

  • Austria is annexed to Germany

  • Munich agreement

  • Germany occupies Czechoslovakia

  • Germany signs a peace-pact with the USSR

  • Germany invades Poland

  • Beginning of World War 2

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