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Germany declares war on Russia
Historical Significance: The act of Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia created a chain reaction of fellow allies helping each other out, that resulted in Germany declaring war on Russia. This act revealed that countries were quick to act if their fellow allies were being harmed, Germany was honoring their alliance with Austria-Hungary. -
German Government send ultimatum to Belgium
The German demanded passage through Belgium territory.
Cause and effect: The Germans were demanding their way throught Belgium territory, this brought the Britians to act and speak up saying that they cannot go throught Belgium to attack France, Germany`s actions caused a battle between the borders. -
Germany declared war on France
They invaded Belgium, Germany had to implement the Schlieffen plan.
Historical Perspective: The Germans belived that the Russian would take time to advance to the border so they decided to go battle against France, they belived that their plan would help them get into France terittory and still have enough time to fight the Russians. -
Battle of Tannenberg
Germans defeated the Russian army which was on its way to invade Germany.
Historical Perspective: Due to the lack of preperation of the Russians they belived that the Germans were not capable of fighting back because of their recent fight with France, but little did they know that the Germans thirst for power was so strong that they lost the battle. -
The First Battle of the Marne begins
Trench warfare begins, the allies stopped the German invasion of Paris.
Cause and Affect: The Germans were in the middle of many battles, in trenches out in the battlefeild but fatigue caught up to them, not everything would go in their favour. -
First Battle of Ypres.
In the battle of Ypres the allies and German forces begin the first of three battles to control the city. If captured it would be used as a advantage position.
Cause and effect: Whoever would gain the land would have an advantage because it was a strategic spot for countires, the cost would be a great amount of people losing their lives but the result would be to have an advantage over the enemy. -
Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side
Trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front.
Historical Perspective: The Turkish people belived that the central power would become victorious so they joined forces alongside Germany to gain land and power with their great amount of army forces. -
Critical day of Battles of Ypres
British line broken and was restored.
Continuity and Change: This was a very important day for both the British and French because they established that they would not go down with a fight and let Paris be taken over, so they fought with great might. If it had not been for them maybe that region of the world would have different owners. -
Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey
Cause and effect: After obtaining the news the allies began to take measure and fight against enemies with great power, since everyone was fighting for the same reason which is to seek power and dominance they don`t want their enemies to gain such things. -
First German air raid on England
Aeroplane dropped bombs in sea near Dover.
Ethical Dimension: The Germans knew that scaring the England folk would create some kind of fear, so they dropped bombs to shut off supplies headed towards there, this way they can let their enemies suffer and create fear in cities. -
First airborne attack on British soil
Zeppelins bombed Great Yarmouth killing atleast five civilians.
Historical Significance: Many civillians were affected by this tragic event both pshyically and mentally, after finding out that war in the battlesfields were not going there way. The Germans sent zeppelins towards British land to create some kind of spark for themselves. -
First German airship raid on Paris
Continuity and Change: The Germans began taking desperate measures they started to attack innocent civillians in Paris with airship raids. Many people were affected by this event because many people were hurt, even today some damages are still in Paris that remind themselves of what the Germans had done to inncoent people. This created a difficult and unhealthy bond between France and Germany. -
Second Battle of Ypres begins
In this battle it exposed the first use of poison gas which was used by Germany.
Continuity and Change: As the war proggressed so did the battle equipment and tactics of armies. They all fought with great strength, neither side wanting to give up. But the development of weapons played a huge role in the war they would start to begin to be the deciding factors of whether you lose or win a battle. -
The Battle of Gallipoli begins
The Gallipoli Campaign was an unsuccessful attempt by the allied powers to take control of the sea route from Europe to Russia during World War I.
Cause and Effect: The lack of intelligence and knowledge of the terrain had been the downfall of the allies. They were not prepared to fight in such unfamiliar territory which cost them a great loss in casulties. -
The first zeppelin raid
The first Zeppelin raid on London killed seven and injured 35 people. The British morale was shaken as Germany demonstrates it can attack the capital at will.
Etical Dimesion: The Germans used the fear of the allied civiallians as fuel to continue on with the war as them represented as the strongest ones. They used emotion and different unusal tactics to win battle, could be short-term or even long-term. -
The Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest.
Historical Significance: Many men were torutored and brutally killed, this was one of the most bloodiest battles ever between the French and German. This battle today reminds us of all the people that died in the war, they served much purpose. Its because of them, our countries have independence and freedom. Their efforts should not be forgotten. -
Voluntary Enlistment in Britain is replaced by forceful acts
Britain was in need of more soldiers so they began to force young and able people to join war.
Cause and effect: With the war being fought everywhere with all kinds of strengths, much more is needed by the British so they forced many able bodies to fight for Britian in the war. The cause of many people being hurt and dying was increasing everyday so more soldiers are needed to make progress in the war. -
Battle of the Somme
This was the start of the Battle of the Somme.
750,000 Allie soldiers attacked along a 25 mile front.
By the end of the day nearly 60,000 were dead, wounded or missing, very little land was gained.
This was one of the worst battles fought by the British military.
Historical Perspective: Each country belived that war should be fought with courage to get to your goal, but in this case it was fought with much courage but not much was gained. I learned that people can be very stubborn back then. -
US declares war on Germany
After the U.S military obtained the news the toops began to mobilise immediately.
Ethical Dimension: With the western part of the world observing the fight, finally the US had taken action and they believed that fighting against Germany would help stop the war from continuing any longer. They thought of themselves as great warriors that always fight for justice! -
The end of battle of Passchendaele
After months of fighting, the allies have gained only 5 miles, half a million men were hurt of which around 140,000 have been killed.
Historical Significance: The battle of Passchendaele is known as the "battle of mud". The surroundings and enviornment were very poor, which resulted in many casuilties and a longer period of battle time. After winning the battle the British had gained an advantage over their enemy by gaining a stratigic spot, althought many lives were lost, but not in vain! -
The Battle of Cambrai
The allies used tactics to give space for tanks, they used a lot of bombs and explosives against the Germans. The tanks were the main reason why the allies won this battle.
Historical Perspective: Fighting battles requires strength but it also requires tactics and intellegence. In this battle intellegence seemed to be the deciding factor. The allies created a plan which won them the battle and outsmarted the Germans. This proves that any battle can be won, no matter what the odds look like! -
Armistice signed
When the armistice was signed it declared the end of World War I.
Cause and Effect: As each country was losing strength in numbers and the will to continue battle, they all seem to come to a agreement where they all think continuing the war would not be benifical for anyone in anyway, so the best option would be to end the war. Many lives were lost as well as resources and land, this caused the countries to doubt their actions and clearly see what their doing is not morally acceptable.
