The Great War

By sn309680

  • The Begining

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie visited the capital if Bosnia. There they were assassinated by a Serbian named Gavrilo Princip. As a result of the assassin being Siberian, Siberia was presented with an ultimatum. Either meet all Austria’s demands or have war declared upon it.
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    The Great War time span

  • To officail start to the war

    Siberia would not meet all of Austria’s demands but offered others in return. Austria said no and declared war upon siberia that same day.

  • The Schlieffen Plan

    The Germans developed the Schlieffen Plan, this was a plan for the German army to rush over to France, defeat them, and return to fighting Russia.

  • The attack on Germany

    The allied forces attacked Germany northeast of Paris. This resulted in a four day battle resulting in the retreat of the German Army.

  • The attack on Paris

    Through out September France became the battle grounds for the Allied and Centeral powers

  • Trench Warfare

    In the month of Februray the idea of trech warfare was introduced. This was the act of digging miles of tunnels to protects soliders from danger.

  • Verdum

    At this battle the slaughter reached its max with a total of over 300,000 casulities on both Germany and Frances side. Also Germany created a blockade in order to cut of Russian supplies.

  • British relief

    From the begining of July to the end of September the British Army tried to releave French forces. In the first day over 20,000 British died.

  • New technology

    The invention of the Submarine was introduced.

  • Russian Death Count

    At this point in the war over 5.5 million Russians had been killed, wounded, or taken POW.

  • Vladimir Lenin rose to power

    Vladimir Lenin rose to power in Russia and tried to stop the involvement in the war.

  • The last push: The Battle of France

    Germany did their final push against Allied forces. This became the largest artillery attack in the war.

  • Push through the German Frount line

    The allied forces pushed through the German line.

  • The offical end to the war

    Soldiers turned against the Kasier and ended the War. This made Germany into a republic.

  • The Treaty of Versallies

    The treaty of Versailles was signed between Germany and the Allied forces. This gave way to the creation of the League of Nations.