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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is the Australian royaty. He was shot by Gavrillo Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Princip is a member of Black Hand, he is a Bosnian Nationalism who wanted independence.
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They Declared the war because Serbia provided the weapons to the Blcak hand group.
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As an ally of Serbia, Russia announces full mobilization of her armed forces.
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Germany mobilizes their armed forces and declares war on Russia.
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Germany declared war on France, after the Russia
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German army, led by Erich Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg achieves its greatest victory of the war on the Eastern front against Russia at the Battle of Tennenberg.
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First Battle of the Marne halts German invasion in France
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First trenches of the Western front are dug.
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War becomes "Total War" with German Zeppelin air raid on England
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Germany declares a submarine blockade of Great Britain. Any ship approaching England is considered a legitimate target.
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U-boat sinks the Lusitania. 1,198 civilians, including 128 Americans die.
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The longest battle of the war, the Battle of Verdun, is fought to a draw with an estimated one million casualties.
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US President Wilson publicly warns Germany not to continue unrestricted submarine warfare policies
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The Battle of the Somme results in an estimated one million casualties and no breakthrough for the Allies. British introduce the tank, an effective weapon but far to few to make much of a difference.
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Woodrow Wilson re-elected President of the United States with campaign slogan: "He kept us out of the war"
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Reich Foreign Secretary Zimmermann's telegram to Mexico from Germany that urging to entry into war against the United States is discovered and translated by the British.
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President Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war with Imperial Germany.
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The first wave of the American Expeditionary Force lands in France.
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Third Battle of Ypres, known as Passchendaele, results in minor gains, but still no breakthrough in the Western front at the cost of 700,000 casualties for both sides
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The new Russian government, represented by Leon Trotsky, signs an armistice with Germany.
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President Wilson agrees to co-operate with Allies in sending "volunteer" troops into Russia.
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Allied counter offensives on the Somme push the German army back and into retreat
