World War 1

By kdawg

  • The killing of Archduke Ferdinand

    Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were shot point blank while they were riding down the streets of Sarajevo.

  • Declared war

    Austria rejected Serbia's offer and declared war.

  • Strategy of Western Front

    The battle lines were drawn, on one side Germany and Austria-Hungary. They were known as the Central Powers.

  • Allies

    The Allies attacked the Germans northeast of Paris, in the valley of the Marne River.

  • The Defeat

    Russian did somewhat better against the Austrians. Russian forces defeated the Austrians twice, which was driving them deep into Austria.

  • Gallipoli campaign

    New Zealand, French, Australian and British troops made many assualts on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the Western side.
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    Battle on Western Front

    20,00 British soldier were killed when the British attacked the Germans located northwest of Verdun which is in the valley of the Somme River.

  • unrestricted submarine warfare

    The Germans let it be known that any submarines in the Britain waterswould sink without any warning.

  • War

    Congress was asked to declare war by the President Wilson. When the United states entered the war they were on the side of the Allies.

  • Development on Eastern Front

    Vladimir Ilyich Lenin the communist leader seized power, he insisted on ending the war on his country's behalf.The first step was to offer a truce to Germany.

  • Truce

    Russia and Germany signed a Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which was the ending the war between the two.

  • Battle on Western Front

    Germany and the Allies had a bit of a clash at the Second Battle of the Marne, This led to 350 tanks pushing forward smashing through the German lines.

  • The End

    World War 1 came to an end, after four some years of pure destruction.

  • The signing

    The Treaty of Versailles was signed which was 5 years to the day of Ferdinands assassination.