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Franz Ferdinand's assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinatedThe archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on the 28th of June 1914 by 19 year old Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip was part of the young Bosnia and in a group of assassins called 'the black hand'. His death is blamed for the main cause of world war one. The bullet he was shot with is in the Konopiste castle. -
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Austria declares war
Austria-Hungary declares war on SerbiaAustria-Hungary decided that the best reaction was to prepare for an military invasion by Serbia. Austria-Hungary attained the support of it's powerful ally, Germany. Austria gave Siberia a ultimatum that all anti-Austrian publicity and they they are able to have a investigation on Franz Ferdinand's death. Serbia fulfilled all of Austrias demands except for one. This caused Austria to get their military prepared -
The Russian army
Serbia calls upon it's allies to help back them up in the problem at hand. So Serbia's greatest supporter, Russia, helps Serbia by going out to immobilize Austria's army. -
Germany declares war
The German Atrocities of 1914: A History of DenialAustria-Hungary declares war on SerbiaGermany threatened Russia's partly mobilized army that if they continue to full mobilization that war will break out between them. While awaitng for an answer they began to mobilize their own army. When the Russians rejected their demands they declared war on the Czarist empire. Russia's ally France was suspisous about Germany and mobilized their army. -
Germany invades Luxembourg
The first German army units go through Luxemborg as a part of their long plan to invade neutral Belgium. Luxumbourg was part of the German empire until the end of World War 1. -
Britain declares war
The Rape of Belgium: The Untold Story of World War IGermany achieves it's plan to take over Belgium. Causing Britain to invade Belgium. Germany gave Belgium an ultimatum requesting that they have permission to pass through Belgium. Belgium turned it down and had been promised military support by Britain. The Germans then declared war on Belgium to get through to France. -
Battle of the Frontiers
British Expeditionary Force (World War I)These were a series of battles that were fought on the East Frontier of France and in southern Belgium. The battle represented a competition for France's plan, the 'plan XVll' and the German 'Schlieffen plan'. The Germans plan was to make France concentrate on their right flank and wheel through Belgium. But the fifth army intercepted them along with the British Expeditionary Forc e(BEF). This series of battles ended in the 13th of September 1914 -
Battle of Liege
German assault on Liege begins first battle of World War IAfter 12 days of fighting the last fortress left in Belgium, the fortress of Liege surrenders. This slowed the German's plan by 4-5 days and the railroads were closed for the duration of the invasion. -
Australian Expeditionary Force
Anzac to Amiens. Canberra: Australian War MemorialThe Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force(AN&MEF) was a volunteer force of approximately 2000 men. They started shortly after World War 1 had outbroken and were assigned to destroy German Wireless stations in German New Guinea. The wireless stations would communicate to Vice-Admiral Maximilian Von Spee's German east asian cruiser squadron who were were a menace to merchant shipping. The AN&MEF were used for occupational forces in the war. -
Battle of Ypres
Seek Glory Now Keep Glory: The Story of the 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire RegimentThe Battle of Ypres, also called the First Battle of Flanders, was a fight for the Belgium town called Yprus. Both sides needed this town as it would be incredibly useful for their stratergies. The battle was England, Belgium and France against Bavaria, Prussia, Saxony and Wuttermburg; all part of the German empire. The German Empire lost approximately 46,765 people and the other side lost approximately 163,000 people. -
Battle of Cocos
The Capital Ships: their battles and their badgesThe battle of Cocos was a 'single-ship action' battle. 'Single-ship action' is when two war ships fight one on one. The Australian lightcruiser, HMAS Sydney, was called for backup when the German lightcruiser, SMS Emden was attacking a communications station on Direction Island. HMAS Sydney lost approximately 4 people and 16 were injured. SMS Emden 134, 69 were injured and 157 were captured. -
The Christmas Truce
1914: The Men Who Went to War. London: Sidgwick & JacksonWhen Pope Bendect XV put out the thought of a short-term break of the war for christmas celebrations, the leaders of the countries and empires did not agree. But some forces along the Western front had an unoffical break and made a 'christmas truce' with the opposing side. The truce started on Christmas Eve when many German and British troops sang carols together. On Christmas day some German soldiers walked up to the British Trenchs. They exchanged gifts and played a fair game of soccer. -
Battle of Bolimov
In the Battle of Bolimov it was the German empire vs the Russian empire. This battle is in Germany's history as it was the first time they used a large amount of toxic gas. They used Xylyl bromide, a type of tear gas, and fired 18000 gas shells. This prved to be a bad tactic as the tear gas was blown back into their lines. Due to the cold weather of Poland the gas was not very effictive, causing light injures at the worst. -
The Gallipoli campaign
Naval operations in the Dardanelles CampaignThis campaign was on the Gallipoli peninsula. The peninsula structures the Northern bank of Dardanelles, This forms a small strait(waterway seperating two bodys of land) which was an easy path to get to what was the Russian Empire. Planing to protect it for Russia British and France were ordered to arrange a naval attack which would be followed by an amphibious landing, leading to the capture of the Ottoman's capital, Constantinople. -
Siege of Przemysl
"Przemysl leltára" [account of Przemyśl] (in Hungarian).The siege lasted 6 months long and the Russians then the Austrian garrison which guarded north-east point of the Austrian Empire was taken over by the Russians. This was the longest siege of the First World War. For the Russian army there were a total of 115,000 casualties. The Austrians had 86,000 killed and 28,000 to 110,000 wounded. -
Second battle of Ypres
Second Battle of YpresIn the second battle of Ypres it was the germans first use of a large amount of poison gas. They used tear gas in the Battle of Bolivia, but in this war they used chlorine gas.they released 171 tonnes of the gas over a distance of 6.5 kilometers. The German soliders had 5,730 gas cylinders, each weighing 41kg(90 pounds). They had to be opened by hand and then pray that the winds were blowing in their direction. The French army lost 6000 men, and those who crawled outof the trenches were shot -
Landing at Anzac Cove
"ANZAC Day 2010 – The Gallipoli Campaign"The Landing at Anzac cove was meant to be on the 23rd of April but due to bad weather was postponed to the night of the 24th of April. The Anzacs lead the attack and had to land north of Gaba Tepe. They were put there to move forward along the peninsula to Kilitbahir and cut off the Ottoman troops there. Were they landed is now known as Anzac cove. The Ottomans had good defensive positions around the cove and killed alot of the Anzacs. But by the morning of the 25th they had run out of ammo. -
Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive
The First World War: The War to End All WarsThis started off as a minor offense by Germany against the Russians to leave the Austrian-Hungarians alone. It ended in a large withdrawl of the Russian army who retreated all the way back to Russia. The campaign started in May and only ended in October because of bad weather. Inbetween the 2nd of may to the 22nd of june the Russians had lost 250,000 men to imprisonment and 700,000 killed or wounded -
objectives of Anzac Cove
Landing at Anzac CoveWhen the ANZAC's landed in Gallipoli, it was night and was very difficult for the troops to follow through with the plan. So once they landed the ANZAC plans were abandoned and the units were put into battle with mixed orders. Some went to their designated areas while the other soliders were redirected to other areas. They had failed their objectives, but by night had a secure position although it was smaller than planned. They asked for evacuation but was convinced to change their minds. -
The Great Russian Retreat
After Russian had retreated out of Prezemsyl earlier in june the Russian were were down in numbers but could still send out counterattacks halting the German army. Then on this day they came up with a new plan tt=o attack across the entire front.. The southern end of the Russians line gave way and retreated. In one day the southern wing had retreated 160 kilometers(99 miles). This left only a small part of the Poland congress in Russias favour. Russia lost approximately 2,000,000 men. -
the August Offensive
The Story of ANZAC from 4 May, 1915, to the Evacuation of the Gallipoli PeninsulaThis was the final attempt by British forces to capture Gallipoli peninsula before the Ottoman empire. Since the landing was a tense draw the allies had tried to continue the attack on the Helles battlefield which was a deadly cost for a little gain. The Brtish command discussed taking over the Sari Bair ridge, which is the high ground that controlled the peninsula above the Anzac landing. The attack started with a new landing 8km(5 miles) north of Anzac at Sulva bay. The allies lost the battle. -
Battle of Lone Pine
The Story of ANZAC from 4 May, 1915, to the Evacuation of the Gallipoli PeninsulaThe battle of line pine was the ANZAC's against the Ottoman's empire. This was part of the Gallipoli Campaign and was a diversion so that the Ottoman empire would focus on them instead of the main battle, the Battle of Sari Bair. The ANZAC's captured the Ottommans main Trench line. The Ottoman empire launched counterattacks on the ANZAC's but couldn't get their land back and on the 10th called of all counterattacks. This victory ended in a loss of the 'August Offensive'. -
Battle of Hill 60
Australian Light Horse Studies CentreThe Battle of Hill 60 was the last Major assault of the Battle of Gallipoli. The plan was to capture this hill and sicmitar hill to link the Sulva landing to the Anzac landing. The original plan was to capture Hill 971. The Latter peak was captured by New Zealand but was then surrendered to the Ottoman Empire. This meant that Hill 971 was out of reach but Hill 60 was another option. The First assault was made by the Australians who were under fire from Hill 60 and Hill 100. -
End of the Gallipoli Campaign
Military Operations Gallipoli: Inception of the Campaign to May 1915This Campaign was considered a Major accomplishment for the Ottoman Empire and a Embarassing Loss for the allied forces. By the time the Gallipoli Campaign ended there were over 100,000 men dead. The Ottoman Empire had 174,828 either missing, wouded or dead. The Allies had 187,959 either missing, wouded or dead. There were 8,709 Australians dead and New Zealand had 2,721 dead. 64,000 Turks became sick and the British had 145,000 soldiers sick. -
Battle of the Somme
First day on the SommeThe Battle of the Somme was a fight between the Aliies against the German Empire. It was one of the largest and bloodiest battles in World War One as there more than 1,000,000 men were killed or wounded. The Allies stratergy of connected offensives (attacks) by the French, British, Italian and Russian armies. This battle is also noted for the importance of it's air power and the first use of the tank. -
Battle of Pozieres
The Australian Imperial Force in France: 1916The Battle of Pozieres was a two week long battle for the French villlage of Pozieres and the ridge that it is built on. British divisions did most phases of the fighting but it is remembered as an Australian battle. The battle ended with the Allies winning the north and eastern parts of the village. The cost for each side was immense and in the words of the Australian historian, Charles Bean, the Pozieres ridge "is more densely sown with Australian sacrifice than any other place on earth." -
Battle of the Ancre
Battle of the AncreThe Battle of the Ancre was the last final attack by the British forces in the Battle of the Somme. The reason of the attack was to accomplish complementary objectives. Political displeasure and so would any doubts for the British army by it;s allies could be turned down by a large win -
Battle of the Somme ends
Battle of the SommeThe Battle of the Somme finished on this day. The British and French armies had advanced 9.7km (6 miles) into German territory, invading more ground in the First World War since the battle of the Marne in 1914. The Battle of the Somme was the debut of the Kitchener army which was full of British volunteers, who where fit, educated and had good enthsiastic feeling about fighting. But they also were unexperienced meaning that in their day of war British had most of it's casualties, 57,470. -
Christmas Battles
Christmas BattlesThe Christmas Battles were a offensive operations against the Russian armies. The battle took place in a Tirelis swamp between Lake Babite and Jelgava. The main assault force was the VI Siberian Rifle Corps. The German's 8th army stopped their advance and a created a 30 meter long wall, known as the 'German Wall' which was built out of wood and sand and seperated the German and Russian armies for more than a year. -
Australian attack on Noreuil
Australian Defence Force AcademyThe Australian general John Gellibrand, advanced the 2nd division suspecting that the German's were withdrawing. He;s advance had began well but then ended in a dreadful 'unathourised' attack on Noreuil. The morning of the 2nd the 50th and 51st battalions launched the attack with support by the 49th and 52nd battalions. Jørgen Christian Jensen of the 50th battalion was adwarded the victorian cross because he 'relieved the pressure' for the ANZAC's by working around the flank under heavy fire. -
Third Battle of Ypres
Battle of PasschendaeleThe Third Battle of Ypres (also known as the Battle of Passchendale) was when Germany fought against Britain's allies for control over the south and east parts of Ypres, a Belgian city. The allies lay a ridge east vof Ypres, five miles from a railway junction that would carry German supplies. The next part of the plan was to advance to Torhout–Couckelaere and take out the German-controlled railway. -
Battle of Hill 70
Battle of Hill 70The Battle of Hill 70 was fought between Germany and The British army with the Canadian army. It was on the western front of the Lens in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The primary objective of the battle was to withdraw German troops from the Third Battle of Ypres instead of capturing territory. They did this by getting the Canadian corps to capture Hill 70, get into defensive positions and attack. -
Second Battle of Passchendaele
Second Battle of PasschendaeleThe Second Battle of Passchedaele was the highest point of the Third Battle of Ypres. The battle took place in the Ypres sailent area on the Western front within the Belgium town of Passchendaele. The Canadian Corps relieved the ANZAC Corps. They continued the advance from the first battle and captured the town of Passchendaele. They gained good observational positions but not what they wanted, drier winter positions that were also higher. There was a total of 60,654 casualties from both sides. -
Capture of Jericho
Capture of JerichoThe Capture of Jericho was in an area borded by the Bethlehem–Nablus road in the west, the Jordan River in the east, and north of a line from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea. It was fought between Britain, with the ANZAC Corps against the Ottoman Empire. Winter rains put an end to the campaign, meaning that any territories of the OttomanEmpires were able to be taken back. The campaign ended 2 days later on the 21st. Britain lost 510 men and the Ottoman Empire lost 144 to impriosnment. -
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force "RAF Timeline 1918–1929"The Royal Air Force was founded on this day in the United Kingdom. It was made by combining the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. -
Hundred Days Offensive
Hundred Days OffensiveThe Hundered Days Offensive was the final period of World War 1. The Allies put in motion a series of attacks against the Central Powers. The First battle of the Ofensive was the Battle of Amiens, which was purposed to push the German's out of France, The Germans retreated 11 kilometers (7 miles) in a single day to the Hindenburg Line, which was the greatest advance for Britain in history of the whole war. -
Germany's Armistice
Timeline of World War 1Germany signs an armistice to stop fighting. They officialy stop fighting at 6a.m. They slowly withdrawed all troops and vechiles. -
Germany withdraw's
Timeline of World War 1On this day Germany withdrew from Belgium, a big relief to all surviving German troops. -
League of Nations
League of NationsThe League of Nations was the result of the Paris Peace Conference which ended World War 1. The Paris Peace Conference was the only international orginisation who had a intention to have world peace. according to the convenant, the primary goals were to stop any future wars by collective security and disarment. The League had no army so its only chance was to hope that the Great Powers would come up with their own resolution. The League lasted for 27 years (1919-1946). -
the last deaths
High Seas FleetThe German High Seas Fleet of 53 ships were put to one last use. Before the armistice took place, Germany wanted to cause as much damage as it could to the British Navy. The surviving saliors who had experienced war that this was a bad idea and would distrupt the peace plan for the war, but the Grand Adminal thought that it was a great idea, so the sailors had no choice. There were 9 caualties, they were the last casualties of the war. -
Armistice Day
Armistice DayArmistice day (Remembrance Day or Veterans Day) was held at Buckingham Palace by King George V, who was the host of the 'Banquet in Honour of The President of the French Republic'. This happened in the evening hours of November 10th, which would set a trend for November 11th being Armistice Day. Most states of the commonwealth used the name 'Remembrance day;, but the USA had 'all veterans day' which was shortened to 'veterans day'. -
The Official Ending
Timeline of World War OneThe first meeting of the League of Nations was held in London, which was the official end to World War One. -
Treaty of Kars
Treaty of KarsThe Treaty of Kars between Bolshevik and Turkey. It was signed by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Soviet Armenia, Soviet Azerbaijan and Soviet Georgia. -
Washington Naval Treaty
Washington Naval TreatyThe Washington Naval Treaty (Five-power treaty), was a treaty among the major nations that had won the First World War, which agreed to prevent an arms race by limiting Naval Construction. The first Washington Naval Conference was held in Washington D.C. From November 1921 to Febuary 1922 the governments who signed ( The United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France and Italy) were limited to the construction of Battleships, Battlecruisers and Aircraft Carriers. Other naval ships were not limited -
Treaty of Lausanne
Treaty of LausanneThe Treaty of Lausanne was signed in Lausanne, Sweden. It was the official end of the state war between Turkey and the allied British Empire, French Republic, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Japan, Kingdom of Greece, Kingdom of Romania and Serb-Croat-Slovene State. It was the result of a second attempt for peace after the failure of the Treaty of Sevres.
