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February 19 - The Dardanelles Campaign begins.
Dardanelles Campaign, also called Gallipoli Campaign, (February 1915–January 1916), in World War I, an Anglo-French operation against Turkey, intended to force the 38-mile long Dardanelles channel and to occupy Constantinople. Plans for such a venture were considered by the British authorities between 1904 and 1911 -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated
On june 28th Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was assasinated along with this daughter and wife while visiting sarajevo, he was killed by a 19 year old boy named Gavrilo Princip. Little did Gavrilo know that firing those three shots lead directly to starting ww1. -
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Australians reach peek of fighting inn the battle of Hammel
Throughout 1916 and 1917 losses on the Western Front were heavy and gains were small. In 1918 the Australians reached the peak of their fighting performance in the battle of Hamel on 4 July. -
July 28 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
with Austria-Hungary's declaration of war with Serbia, was the first truly global war. It began in Europe but quickly spread throughout the world. -
August 1 - Germany declares war on Russia
Germany declares war on Russia as soldiers around Germany are excited and celebrating for the upcoming war. -
August 3 - Germany declares war on France
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August 3 - Germany declares war on France.
The German administrative and military authorities have established a certain number of flagrantly hostile acts committed on German territory by French military aviators. -
August 4 - The United Kingdom declares war on Germany, after Germany invades Belgium.
On August 4th 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany. It was a decision that is seen as the start of World War One. Britain, led by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, had given Germany an ultimatum to get out of Belgium by midnight of August 3rd. In fear of being surrounded by the might of Russia and France, Germany had put into being the Schlieffen Plan in response to the events that had occurred in Sarajevo in June 1914. -
August 6 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany.
On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War. -
August 26 - The Battle of Tannenberg begins.
The Battle of Tannenberg was an engagement between the Russian and the German Empires in the first days of World War. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army, as well as the death of its commander Alexander Samsonov. -
September 5 - The First Battle of the Marne begins. Trench warfare begins as soldiers on both sides dig in.
The First Battle of the Marne was conducted between 6-12 September 1914, with the outcome bringing to an end the war of movement that had dominated the First World War since the beginning of August. Instead, with the German advance brought to a halt, stalemate and trench warfare ensued. -
Australia take possession of German New Guinea at Toma
Australia's early involvement in the Great War included the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force landing at Rabaul on 11 September 1914 and taking possession of German New Guinea at Toma on 17 September 1914 and the neighbouring islands of the Bismarck Archipelago in October 1914. -
October 19 - Battle of Ypres begins.
Strategically located along the roads leading to the Channel ports in Belgian Flanders, the Belgian city of Ypres had been the scene of numerous battles since the sixteenth century. With the German failure at the Battle of the Marne in September 1914 and the subsequent Allied counter attacks, the "Race to the Sea" began. -
December 24 The unofficial Christmas truce is declared.
During World War I, on and around Christmas Day 1914, the sounds of rifles firing and shells exploding faded in a number of places along the Western Front in favor of holiday celebrations in the trenches and gestures of goodwill between enemies. -
April 22 - The Second Battle of Ypres begins. It is during this battle that the Germans first use poison gas.
The Second Battle of Ypres was a battle of the First World War fought from 21 April – 25 May 1915 for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium, following the First Battle of Ypres the previous autumn. It marked the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front. For the first time a former colonial force (the 1st Canadian Division) defeated a European power (the German Empirer)on European soil, in the Battle of St. Julien and the Battle of Kitcheners' Wood. -
April 25 - The Battle of Gallipoli begins.
The Gallipoli Campaign (Battle of Gallipoli) was one of the Allies great disasters in World War One. It was carried out between 25th April 1915 and 9th January 1916 on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire. The doomed campaign was thought up by Winston Churchill to end the war early by creating a new war front that the Ottomans could not cope with. -
September 5 - Tsar Nicholas II takes personal control over Russia's armies.
Reproduced below is the text of Tsar Nicholas II's official letter to Grand Duke Nikolai dated 5 September 1915. In his formal letter the Tsar thanked Nikolai - his uncle - for serving as Russian Army Commander-in-Chief; he announced however that he had now found time to take day to day control of the Russian Army. -
February 21 - The Battle of Verdun begins. The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War 1 and was one of the bloodiest.
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 in an effort to take German pressure off of the French at Verdun. The Battle of Verdun started on February 21st 1916 and ended on December 16th in 1916. -
May 31 - The Battle of Jutland, the major naval battle of the war, begins.
The Battle of Jutland is considered to be the only major naval battle of World War One. Jutland witnessed the British Navy losing more men and ships but the verdict of the Battle of Jutland was that the German Navy lost and was never in a position again to put to sea during the war. Admiral John Jellicoe's tactics were criticised by some, but after the battle the British Navy remained a powerful fighting force whereas the German High Seas fleet was not. -
April 6 - The United States declares war on Germany.
At 8:30 on the evening of April 2, 1917, President Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germany in order to "make the world safe for democracy." On April 4, Congress granted Wilson's request. -
Australia and allies capture Gaza and Jerusalem
Australian and other allied troops advanced into Palestine and captured Gaza and Jerusalem fought on the 31st of October -
November 7 - The Bolsheviks successfully overthrow the Russian government.
The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 was initiated by millions of people who would change the history of the world as we know it. When Czar Nicholas II dragged 11 million peasants into World War I, the Russian people became discouraged with their injuries and the loss of life they sustained. The country of Russia was in ruins, ripe for revolution. -
January 8 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues his Fourteen Points to peace.
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points were first outlined in a speech Wilson gave to the American Congress in January 1918. Wilson's Fourteen Points became the basis for a peace programme and it was on the back of the Fourteen Points that Germany and her allies agreed to an armistice in November 1918. -
Australia and allies surrendering Germany 11th November
From 8 August they then took part in a series of decisive advances until Germany surrendered on 11 November. -
November 11 - Germany signs the armistice at Compiegne, France. Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
The final Allied push towards the German border began on October 17, 1918. As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers began to collapse. Turkey signed an armistice at the end of October, Austria-Hungary followed on November 3. -
June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles officially ends World War 1.
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918 and in the shadow of the Russian Revolution and other events in Russia. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris - hence its title - between Germany and the Allies. The three most important politicians there were David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson.
