Timeline of WWI

By charltre000
  • Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo

    Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo

    He is killed by Gavrilo Princip
  • Kaiser William II provides support

    Kaiser William II provides support

    Germany now supports Austria-Hungary

  • WAR!!!!

    28 July- Austria Declares war on Serbia
    1 August- Germany declares war on Russia
    3 August- Germany declares war on France
    4 August- Britain declares war on Germany

  • Germans march through Belgium

    Schlieffen Plan Executed
  • Battle of the Marne

    Battle of the Marne

    Battle of the Marne begins
  • The Dardanelles

    The Dardanelles

    The campaign of the Dardanelles begins
  • The sinking of the RMS Lusitania

    The sinking of the RMS Lusitania

  • Battle of Verdun

  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram

    Germany send the Zimmerman telegram to Mexico

  • US joins the fight

    The US declares war on Germany

  • Russia leaves the fight

    An official armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is agreed upon
  • 14 Points

    14 Points

    Woodrow Wilson issues 14 Points

  • The Kaiser Flees

    Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
  • The War is over

    The War is over

    The treaty of Versailles officially ends the war