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The assasination of Archduke Ferdinand.
June 28, 1914 Archduke and his wife Sophie were shot to death by a Bosnian serb nationalist. This assationation led to WW1. This event was probaally one of the main reason WW1 began. Henry's impact on this was that he took it in as his president dying and that he didnt really know how to react other than to learn to fight because it led to them fighting in the end. -
The battle of Mons
This Battle was the first major battle that involed the german forces. it involed the battle of frontiers. the battle of frontiers was the cause of this battle. because of the germans lost they had to go back and defeat them. -
Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg was an engagment between Russia and Germany shortly after WW1 started. It was a four day battle and it took out almost all of the russians second army. Other battle prior to this took out russias first army. -
1st Battle of Marne
The first Battle of Marne was when the french army attacked the german army. There were more than 2 million soldiers that fough tin this war and over 100,000 of them were killed/hurt. The battle of marne was the first official victory of WW1. -
The siege of Antwerp
Rawlinson was given command of four corps sent to assist the Belgian army against the siege of Antwerp. On September 7th German chief of staff HelmunthVon Multke decided to send his men against the intensions of taking control of the city. October 7th German forces attacked the Belgian city of Antwerp. Belgian allies strugle to resist the attack. -
The 1st Battle of Ypres
This battle was fought between the german forces and the belgium army. After the loss of the battle of marne the german forces went to attack on france and the Belgium forces. The town o fypres was always under attack from the germans because it was one of the main key points in keeping them from the english channel. -
The battle of the Gallipoli
This was when the allied powers tried to control the sea route from europe to russia but failed. This campaigne began with a failed attack by the british and french ships on the dardanells. this event continued with a major land invation of the gallipoli. -
The battle of Verdun.
this battle was considered the greatest and leghnthiest battle in world history. this battle had 700,000 dead, wounded, or missing people. this battle was fought on a little peice of land but had alot more people go missing get killed or wounded than most of the battles that happened during WW1. -
The Battle of Jutland
The battle of Jutland was one of the most anticipated marine battes of history. the british grand fleet collided with the german high seas fleet off the coast of denmark in an encounter that became known as the battle of jutlan. -
The battle of Somme
Rawlinson was appointed the Lieutenant General of the fourth army, playing a primary role in The Battle of Somme. The Battle of Somme was a battle of WW1 fought by the armies of the British and the French against the german empire. It was one of the most largest and bloodest battles in history. They lost more than 1.5 million men. -
The Battle of Caporetto
One of the more spectacular successes of the war, the Battle of Caporetto saw combined Austro-Hungarian and German forces decisively break through the Italian line along the northern Isonzo, catching the Italian defenders entirely by surprise. -
Supreme War Council.
In the Supreme war council Henry Rawlinson represented Britian. The Supreme War Council was designed to improve war time military co-operation between Britian, France, and Italy. It was founded in 1917 and it was based in Versailles. -
The battle of Cambria
The battle of Cambria wasa battle that used tanks for the first time in a significant force. For a littl eover a year they were debating on using them against their opponents and their emporer didnt think it was such a good idea. This battle involved the germans. The germans circled around the town of Cambria. -
The Treaty Of Verailles
This treaty ended WW1. It was a peace settlement that was signed on june 28 1919. it was signed by two initial triple entente that had gone to war against germany in august 1914. The Treaty of Versailles was a compromise between president Wilson and his desire to make a just peace, and the French leader Clemenceau's desire for revenge. -
Armistice.
Henry followed Armistice in 1919, he was raised to the peerage. The Armistice was an agreement signed by representing France, Great Britian, and Germany. The Armistice was designed to end the fighting of WW1 and the terms of it would make it impossible for Germany to restart the war at least for the short term.
