Timeline of World War 1

Assassination of Francis Ferdinand

Jun 28, 1914

• Francis Ferdinand was the Archduke of Austria-Este.
• Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo.
• His assassination caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia.

Austria-Hungary goes to Germany

Jul 5, 1914

Austria-Hungary goes to Germany to ask for support in a war against Serbia

Germany guarantees support

Jul 5, 1914

• Germany and Austria-Hungary now have an allience
  • Germany agree to support Austria-Hungary if a war with Serbia/Russia would occur.

Austria-Hungary sends a final statement of terms to Serbia.

Jul 23, 1914

-Austria-Hungary saw Serbia as a threat

• So they sent an ultimatum to Serbia with a list of requests
• Serbia agreed to all but one of these points which Serbia did not respond well too.
• This was reason enough for Austria-Hungary to declare war

Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

Jul 28, 1914

Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and Russian gets ready to fight

Germany wants Russia to settle down

Jul 31, 1914

Germany wants Russia to settle down and Russia says it is only against Austria-Hungary

Germany declares war on Russia

Aug 1, 1914

• Germany was in an alliance with Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, who was allies with Russia.
• Russia was soon going to declare war on Austria-Hungary but Germany decided to declare war first

The Ottoman Empire sign a secret alliance treaty with Germany

Aug 1, 1914

• The Ottoman Empire sign a secret alliance treaty with Germany
• It was created because The Ottoman Empire wanted to strengthen the Ottoman military, and Germany wanted safety.

Germany invades Luxembourg

Aug 2, 1914

• Germany had full occupation over Luxembourg from August 1914 to the end of the war in November 1918

Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium

Aug 3, 1914

• Germany declared war on France because they were allies with Russia which who they were also in a war with
• Germany also invaded Belgium

Britain declares war on Germany

Aug 4, 1914

• Britain declares war on Germany because they invaded Belgium which Britain agreed to support

Turkey joined the war on Germany’s side

Oct 29, 1914

Turkey joined the war for many reasons:

• They wanted land back that they lost in previous wars
• They wanted to get rid of England and France's economic pressures.
• They believed Germany would win the war

ANZAC troops fought in Gallipoli

Period: Apr 25, 1915 to Dec 19, 1915

• ANZAC stand for the Australian, New Zealand Army Corps

-The Gallipoli Battle was fought on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli. -An estimated 500,000 soliders were killed, slipt almost equally between the Turkish army and the allied forces

• Almost 9,000 Australian soliders died and close to 20,000 were wounded
• In rememberence of the ANZAC's the fought in this battle, Australia and New Zealand now celebrate ANZAC day each year on the 25th of April.

Italy declared war on Germany and Austria

May 23, 1915

• Great Britain and France promised Italy more land if it joined their allience.
• Italy agreed and went into war with their enemies.

ANZAC troops moved to the Western Front

Period: Mar 5, 1916 to Nov 5, 1918

ANZAC troops moved to the Western Front, the long battlefield which stretched over 760km from the English Channel to the Swiss border.

British military surrendered to Turkish forces

Apr 29, 1916

British military surrendered to Turkish forces

Germany started unrestricted submarine warfare campaign

Feb 1, 1917

• Bethmann Hollweg announced that Germany would use unrestricted submarine warfare.
• The decision to use unrestricted submarine warfare was a result of desperation. Germany believed that this act might be so ferocious that it could keep America out of the war. But only if the results were amazing.
• There were many fears that this act would cause a negative response from America.
• These fears were correct as it made the USA declare war on Germany.

USA declared war on Germany

Apr 6, 1917

The USA declaring war on Germany occurred for a few reasons:

• Because Germnay did not stop with the unrestricted submarine warfare.
• The Zimmermann Telegram that occurred.

The treaty of Brest –Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany

Mar 3, 1918

• This was the treaty that ended the war between Russia and Germany.

Turkey made peace

Oct 30, 1918

Austria made peace

Nov 3, 1918

Germany signed a truce

Nov 11, 1918

End of World War 1

Nov 11, 1918

-The Armistice was an agreement to stop fighting. This brought four years of fighting to an end -It was signed between Great Britain, France and Germany.

• The Armistice occurred on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

-The terms of this Armistice made it impossible for Germany to restart the war. Germany was made to give up all their weapons such as guns, aeroplanes and submarines. If Germany broke any of these terms, fighting would begin again with 48 hours’ notice.

Peace Conference in Paris

Jan 4, 1919

The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans

Jun 28, 1919

-The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement that was signed after the ending of World War 1. -This treaty took place in a palace near Paris. -Hundreds of people were involved in the process of signing this treaty.