The Great War

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

  • Austria-Hungary seeks German support for a war against Serbia in case of Russian militarism.

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Russia mobilizes

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.Serbia declares war on Germany.

  • Japan declares war on Germany.

  • Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.

  • Italy declares war on Germany.

  • The United States of America declares war on Germany

  • Treaty of Versailles between the Allies and Germany