War Horse Real Events

Joey is bought at horse sale

Apr 20, 1913

Albert teaches Joey how to pull

May 24, 1914

World War I

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Germany declares war on Russia

Aug 1, 1914

Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium

Aug 3, 1914

Great Britain declares war on Germany

Aug 4, 1914

Joey is sold to British army in "Horse Draft"

Aug 28, 1914

Joey is sent to France on a boat with topthorn

Oct 18, 1914

Joey's first battle

May 28, 1915

Joey pulls medical wagon for germans with topthorn

Aug 21, 1915

Joey is left at a farm that can take care of him

Apr 5, 1916

Britain and France use tanks for the first time

Sep 15, 1916

Joey is inducted into german army to pull artillary

Sep 19, 1916

Topthorn dies

Dec 16, 1916

Joey is found in ¨No Man's Land¨ By British and German

Dec 24, 1916

The german and British troops stop firing to save Joey from dieing. The troops decide who gets the horse by flipping a coin

Joey is found by albert

Jan 2, 1917

Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare

Feb 1, 1917

Unrestricted submarine warfare is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to planned attacks.

The USA declares war on Germany

Apr 6, 1917

Albert finds out that joey has tetanus

Jun 19, 1917

Joey recovers from tetanus

Aug 9, 1917

Germany asks the Allies for an armistice

Oct 4, 1918

Germany signs an armistice ending World War I

Nov 11, 1918

Joey is bought in horse sale by old german man

Apr 14, 1919