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World War 1

By A.D.G.
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    Events of World War 1

  • Austrian Empire becomes Austria - Hungary

    Austria is defated by Germany and accepts German leadership.
  • France's defeat

    France lost to Germany and in doing so lost some of it's power as thier terriotry was takne by a nation they considered to be below them.
  • Germany Becomes unified nation

    Germany Becomes unified nation

    Germany becomes a unfied nation after gaining more power through colonies. They are similar in power to France and Britain but, Still hunger for more power or "greatness" as it was called by Germany's leaders.
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    Germany becomes leading Inudstrial power

    Balance of power became jumbled as Britain for the first time was not a leading power in industry.
  • Serbia Gains independence

    Serbia Gains independence

    Serbia through the Great powers is able gain it's long awaited independence from the ottoman empire. Bosnia-Herzegovina is given to Autria Hunargy to lead.
  • Three Emperors Alliance formed

    Three Emperors Alliance formed

    The three emperors alliance consisted of Austria Hungary, Germany, and russia. Otto Von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany, formed this alliance to protect Germany from one of their enemies, Russia. Alliance would later dissolve in early 1900s.
  • Triple Alliance formed

    Triple Alliance formed

    Once Otto Von Bismarck, the first chancellor in Germany, had germany forme an alliance with Italy, and Austria hungary. It was his hopes that this alliance would protect them from France.
  • Russia Establishes Protectorate over Mongolia

    Russia forms the protectorate after Seizing Chinese Mancuria. Russia had succeeded in strengthing it's infulence in Asia.
  • Russo Japanese War begins

    Russo Japanese War begins

    Russia and Japan enter into land after coming into conflict about who would gain the nations of Manchuria and Korea.
  • United states begins to activley take advantage of Business investments in Latin America

    United states declares to the world they will take advantage of any business investments in Countries they decide are poorly manages. Gains power over European powers who aso relied upon Latin American business investments.
  • Russia's Trans Siberian Railroad completed

    Russia's Trans Siberian Railroad completed

    Russisa builds the first railroad that connects Europe to asia. Gave rise to increased Russian infuence in Asia via trade and landholding.
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    United States Policy with Latin American Business Investments

    United States begins to move into the role of a World power as Europeans powers were diabled by the policy. Latin America began to harbor bitterness towards America.
  • Russia's Protectorate over Mongolia ends

    Protectorate ends as a result of the Russo Japanese war.
  • Russo Japanese War ends

    Russia loses the War and has Manchruia taken away and returned to China in compliance with the settlement proposed by the United states. Japan still has countrol over Korea.
  • Triple entente formed

    Triple entente formed

    Russia, france, and britain formed the triple entente to try and prevent Germany from becoming a world power equal to them. Great powers were rivals.
  • Korea becomes Japanese colony

    Korea becomes Japanese colony

    A result of the Russo Japanese war. Japan is able to grow it's power.
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    Balkan Wars

    Russia supported Serbia as the country felt connected to serbia through their similar languages. Russia went onto become Serbia's protector in the Balkan war ending most ottoman rule in the balkans and helping Serbia gain more land from the ottoman empire.
  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand Killed

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand Killed

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand is killed by a Serbian terrorist organization known as the black hand. What prompted the murder was serbian nationalism that had been growing in Serbia since it's independence was recgonized, abnd both their land and influence had grown. The death of the duke came to be known as the spark of world war 1 as rival allainces clashed.
  • Outbreak of War celebrated

    Outbreak of War celebrated

    As nationalism had grown slowly in countries for many decades most citizens strongly believed the countries they supported or were apart of would prevail.
  • Ottoman Empire joins central powers side in War

    Central powers consisted of Austria - Hungary and Germany
  • Russia's Empire expands

    Russia's Empire expands

    Russia now has control over much of central Euorpe through the pacific ocean to the Artic leading up to Afganistan.
  • Russia invades germany

    Russia had intended to provide France with assistance by diverting german forces from the Western front. However, Russia was crushed. 150,000 russian soldiers had been part of the advance but, only 20,000 remiand unscathed after Germay attacked.
  • Resources of countries in War drained

    Countries were suffering as foreign trade was often disrupted, debt was racked up, inflation occured, and almost all resources were used for war. Social unrest pertaing to the war became commonplace as some citizens of countries were barely surviving.
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    War rages in Western front

    The Western front consisted of trenches that had been dug starting at the English channel and ending in Switzerland. It came to be the site of many stalemates between the allies and German forces. Life was full of hardhships in the trenches and the amount of deaths was disproportionate to any victories gained.
  • Austria Hungary declares War on Serbia

    Austria Hungary for a long time had been searching for a way to crush Serbian nationalism and found one in Franz Ferdinands death, considering he had been the heir to the Austro hungarian throne.
  • Germany declares war on Russia

    Russia considered itself a protector of Serbia and responded to the declaration of war on Serbia. Russia was determined to go to war with Germany and would not concede to any demands.
  • Germany declares war on France

    Germany saw France as an enemy na d had recognized the power France gained from being in an Alliance with Great Britain and Russia. All the alliances that different world powers came into play and the world war in all of Europe began.
  • Great Britain declares war on Germany

    Germany had attacked Belgium, a neutral country, after they had refused to let German troops advance through the country. Great Britain felt it was it's responsibility to right this wrong.
  • Japan declares war on Germany

    Japan was seeking to become a world power and found oppurtunities in the colonies Germany had in Asia.
  • Italy joins Allies

    Allies consisted of Great Britain, France, Russia and other numerous countries.
  • Austria conquers Serbia

  • Bulgaria joins central powers

  • Germant starts using posion gas

    Germant starts using posion gas

    Posion gas could easily settle in Trenches and killed many soldiers who weren't equipped with a mask in time.
  • Allies defeated at Galipoli

    A stalemate had developed and with it the casulities reaching 200,000 for the allies and 250,000 for the turkish who were part of the ottoman empire where Galipoli was located.
  • Armenian revolt sparked in city of Van

    Siege was ended by Russia and asa result a rumor began or rather view began to spread Armenian's were Russia's spies.
  • German troops invade Verdun

    German troops invade Verdun

    Germany had wanted to break a stalemate, caused by the trenches, that was occuring between them and France by invading the town under French protection.
  • Austria Conquers Romania

  • Battle of Verdun and Somme Begin

    The battles while only lasting for two moths killed or wounded 2 million.
  • Turks defeat British colonial troops in India

  • planes used as weapons

    planes used as weapons

    planes would fly over enemy territory and indiscriminately drop bombs or artillery fire on civillians and soldiers.
  • Russia's Government collapses

    Russia's government collapsed due to lack of resoucres for civillians of the country and loss of lives widespread.
  • Russia no longer part of War

    Russia was forced to pull out of war in an attempt to slavage the country.
  • British capture Jerusalem

  • Food riots and strikes spike

  • Formation of various Peace movements

    Formation of various Peace movements

    Peace movements were often led by the public who were opposed to the war after suffering the consquences.
  • United Sates joins World War 1

  • Germany Surrenders

    Germany Surrenders

    Wilson, the president of the united states during world war 1, made 14 point intended to end the war and bring peace. These points along with local peace movements in Germany and Austria Hunagry forced Germany to surrender.
  • Allie naval force launched at Galipoli

    Allie naval force launched at Galipoli

    Allie's wished to capture Constantinople and in doing so have the freedom to use the balck sea, which provided a sea route to ship supplies to Russia.