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The assasination of Archduke franz ferdinand was one of the main reasons for the start of WW1, he was murdered in Bosnia by the Black Hand on June 28th 1914 after escaping one assasination attempt on the same day -
On July 28th 1914 Austria-Hungary marks the beginning of the first world war by declaring wae because of the assasination of Archduke franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie -
Shortly after declaring war on Serbia Austia-Hungary was also put into a war with Russia due to treaties that were signed leading to the Austria invading Russian territory to gain ground in the war. -
The Germans begin a blockade and dont allow anything in our out of Great Britain in an attempt to try to starve the country into having to forfeit the war and give the Germans the win -
On May 7 1915 the German submarine U-20 sank the Lusitania 1,195 of the 1,959 aboard including 123 Americans. -
The battle of Verdun was the longest and bloodiest battle of the entire war and resulted in 400,000 German caualties and 400,000 French casualties and about 300,000 deaths on both sides -
The Battle of Somme was a battle where allied forces were on the offense. The British and French forces launched an attack against German. -
In this attack the Canadian Corps launched an easter sunday offensive in Northern France. This battle claimed a quick victory over the Germans in only three days. -
The battle of Ypres is a battle that takes place in Ypres, Belgium and British And French troops come together to take control of Ypres and gain the territory from the Germans -
German and Austro-Hungarian forces defeat the Italian front line, resulting in nearly 700,000 Italian casualties and seriously killing their morale. -
In WW1 the Battle of Cambria was the first large tank battle and was near Cambria France. It only helped them gain very little ground but it changed the course of war now -
The Battle of the Amiens was one of the most successful advances in the war, the allied troops gaind more than 8 miles -
British and Canadian Corps forces strike a victory in Cambrai in northern France, which had been held by Germany since 1914 -
Battle that was fought on WW1 last day the Canadian Corps capture Mons, Belgium, held by the Germans since 1914, in the Battle of Mons. -
This was the treaty that the Germans signed off in an agreement to formally end WW1 and accept the terms that the treaty required, such as Germany having to pay financial reperations and losing territory