World War 1

By GoldieLocks2

  • Assaination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria

    The shooting of the archudke by a Sebrian nationalist was important because it started the chain of events leading to the war.

  • Austria rejected Serbia's offer and declared war

    Russia took action that same day. Russian leaders ordered the mobilization of troops toward Austria

  • Strategy Developments

    Italy claimed that it's memebership in the Triple Alliance had been a defensive strategy.

  • Battle of limanowa

    MIllions of soliders marched happily off to battle knowing they would dominate.

  • First Battle of the Marne

    They sent 600 taxi cabs to the front, spent 4 days fighting and the German general ordered them to retreat.

  • Gallipoli

    Opposing armies on the Western Front had dug miles of trenches for protection of the warfare. This became known as the Trench Warfare.

  • Verdun

    Combatants suffer devastating losses at battle of Verdun and the Somme

  • Battle of the Somme

    British army tried to relieve the pressure on the french. British forces attacked the Germans

  • USA entering the war

    President Wilson asks congress to declare war. The US enters the war on the side of the allies

  • Russian Revolution

    Russia's leader backed out of the war, but the people of Russia were mad.

  • Treaty of Vestlitovsk

    Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest- Litovsk. Ending the war between them. Germany was now allowed forces to the Western Front.

  • 2nd battle of the marne

    The German attack failed when an allied counterattack led by French forces and including several hundred tanks overwhelmed the Germans

  • Armistice

    An armistice is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting. The two alliances found a conclusion to the war.

  • Treaty of Versi

    This treaty was signed by the fighting Germans and the members of the Alllied Powers. There remained peace between these opponents.