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archduke ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand born 18 December 1863, died 28 June 1914 was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian,and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia. He was born in Graz, Austria, the oldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria. When he was only twelve, his cousin Duke Francis V of Modena died, naming Franz Ferdinand his heir on condition that he add the name Este to his own. -
Germany declared war on russia.
Germany declares war on russia on august 1, 1914. The German Government had used every effort since the beginning of the crisis to bring about a peaceful settlement. In compliance with a wish expressed to him by His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, the German Emperor had taken in concert with Great Britain. The part of mediator between the Cabinets of Vienna and St. Petersburg. -
Germany declare war on france.
germany declares war on france.The afternoon of 1914, two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declares war on France, moving ahead with a long held strategy, conceived by the former chief of staff of the German army, Alfred von Schlieffen for a two front war against France and Russia. Hours later France makes its own declaration of war against Germany, readying their troops to move into the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, which it had forfeited to Germany in the settlement. -
Germany declares war on neutral Belgium.
Germany went through Belgium in oder to outflank the French armies and quickly capture Paris. The Schlieffen Plan, as it was know, called for this to take 39 days and then for France to declare defeat on day 42, Ending the threat in the West. They figured that if France fell quickly enough, Britain wouldn't see the point in sending troops to assist France. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.
The strategy of the Central Powers suffered from miscommunication. Germany had promised to support Austria–Hungary’s invasion of Serbia, but interpretations of what this meant differed. Austrian-Hungarian leaders believed Germany would cover its northern flank against Russia. Germany, however envisioned Austria–Hungary directing the majority of its troops against Russia, while Germany dealt with France. -
"The Battle of the Frontiers"
The Battle of the Frontiers was a series of battles fought along the eastern frontier of France and in southern Belgium shortly after the outbreak of World War I. The battles represented a collision between the military strategies of the French Plan XVII and the German Schlieffen Plan. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) fought a relatively minor battle at Mons, which by virtue of its position facing the critical right wing of the invading German army. -
First Battle of the Marne halts German invasion in France.
the battle of marne was a First World War battle fought between 5 and 12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army under Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Younger. The battle effectively ended the month long German offensive that opened the war and had reached the outskirts of Paris. -
First trenches of the Western front are dug.
The first month of the First World War had resulted in a series of victories by German forces in France and Belgium. By the end of August 1914, the whole Allied army on the Western Front had been forced into a general retreat back towards Paris. Meanwhile, the two main German armies that had just conquered Belgium continued to advance through France. -
U-boat sinks the Lusitania
The German Army’s conquest of a large part of Belgium gave a vital fillip to the U-boat war. When the front stabilised after the Battle of the Marne in August 1914, the German right flank rested on the Flanders coast at Nieuport. The Navy soon established a base complex at Ostend, with submarines and light surface forces based there and at Zeebrugge.
