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Erich Ludendorff and the First World War

By SolarLuxury

  • The Schlieffen Plan

    The Schlieffen Plan
    The Schlieffen Plan was Germany's strategy for victory over France and campaigned for greater military expansion in anticipation of war. Ludendorff was involved because he helped revise the plan. Before the war, the plan took 9 years to finalize. The Schlieffen Plan 2
    The Schlieffen Plan

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz F.

    Assassination of Archduke Franz F.
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. This sparked WWI. Franz 2
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand..

  • Austria-Hungary Delcares War on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary Delcares War on Serbia
    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. AH Vs Ser 2
    AH Vs Ser

  • Outbreak and Promotion

    Outbreak and Promotion
    When the war broke out in early August, Ludendorff was made quartermaster to Von Bulow's second army. When the Russian's threatened to overrun the German Eighth Army in East Prussia, Ludendorff was appointed their chief of staff, serving under Paul von Hindenburg. Promotion 2
    Promotion of Ludendorff

  • Germany Declares War on Russia

    Germany Declares War on Russia
    On August 1, 1914, four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, two more great European powers—Russia and Germany—declare war on each other. Ger Vs Rus 2
    Ger Vs Rus 1

  • Germany and France Declare War on Eachother

    Germany and France Declare War on Eachother
    On the afternoon of this day in 1914, two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declares war on France. Hours later, France makes its own declaration of war against Germany, readying its troops. Site 2 Ger Vs Rus

  • Lusitania Sinks

    Lusitania Sinks
    A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carried 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans. The U.S. was not happy. Picture Info 1

  • Zimmerman Telegram Intercepted

    Zimmerman Telegram Intercepted
    Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico in an effort to entice Mexico to join the war. The British intercept and decipher the coded message. Zimmerman Telegram 2
    Zimmerman Telegram 1

  • Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

    Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
    Unrestricted Submarine Warfare was the ability to destroy ships without warning. It involves my veteran because he was a strong supporter of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. picture link
    Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

  • U.S. Declares War on Germany

    U.S. Declares War on Germany
    The United States declares war on Germany after multiple allied ships were sunk without warning. Picture
    U.S. WW1

  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act
    It's an act that required all men in the United States between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. Picture
    Info 1

  • The Bolshevik Revolution

    The Bolshevik Revolution
    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 Russian Government was eventually overthrown by the Bolsheviks. Bol. 2
    Bol. 1

  • The Brest-Litovsk Treaty

    The Brest-Litovsk Treaty
    Under the treaty, Russia lost Riga, Lithuania, Livonia, Estonia and some of White Russia. These areas had great economic importance as they were some of the most fertile farming areas in Western Russia. Ludendorff forced the Kaiser to agree to a resumption of hostilities. The Brest-Litovsk Treaty
    http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk.html

  • The German Offensive

    The German Offensive
    With Ludendorff's leadership, Germany had its farthest advance to the border of France. The bad thing is that Germany eventually failed and was defeated. German Offensive
    Germany's 1918 Offensive

  • The Treaty of Versailles

    The Treaty of Versailles
    World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany, its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations. Treaty of V. 2
    Treaty of V. 1