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Franz Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated in Sarajevo by a Servian nationalist
This was an important event because it was what sparked the beginning of world war one causing Austria to declare war on Serbia causing many other countries to declare war -
Austria declares war on Serbia
It is the first war declared in world war 1 and sparks the reprocussions of Germany, an Austrian allie, declaring war on France, Russia and Belgium -
Beginning of World War 1
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Germany declares war on Russia
As a result of Russias' early mobilization germany declared war on russia -
Germany declares war on France
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Germany declares war on Belgium
Australia is drawn into the conflict as it is a part of the British Empire -
Britain declares war on Germany
Britain being allies of Belgium they declared war on Germany -
Full surrender of German New Guinea to the Australians
First Australian Military Casualties with 6 australian soldiers dead and 1 wounded -
First battle of Ypres
The buildings in the picture are a primary source as they were there during the battle. The picture shows the destruction that war had on the city.
This battle was important because ypres was a strategical position and also control of the town meant control of the major roads and countryside around the town. -
Turkey enters the war on Germany's side
The Ottomans were under increasing pressure to align them selves with Germany -
Second battle of ypres
It was the first use of gas in the Western Front used as a mean to test the chlorine gas but was a failure which lead to the town simply being bombarded -
Australian and British troops land in Gallipoli
Russia appealed for assistance which is why this campaign happened, the goals were to capture the ottoman capital Constantinople and keep the trade route going to the Russians -
Second day of the Gallipoli campaign
By 3 am on 26 April more than 1700 casualties had been evacuated from the area of the Anzac landing, mainly via the beach to the south of Ari Burnu which became known as Anzac Cove. -
The passenger liner RMS Lusitania, is sunk by a German submarine
This picture is a primary source as it was a newpaper article from the time.
The sinking of the passenger liner sparked outrage, specifically in America -
The start of the evacuation of Gallipoli
The Gallipoli campaign had suffered too many casualties and was a failure and General Kitchener reccommended the evacuation of Gallipoli and to make it look like everything was normal when the bulk of the troops were evacuated -
Conscription is introduced in Britain
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Start of the battle of Verdun
The battle of Verdun was a major battle because the Germans thought an attack on it would put every french soldier out to fight there and 'bleed France white' of its army because the area was important to the French. In total 120000 German and 133000 French men died. It was also a primary reason for the beginning of the battle of Somme -
Start of the battle of Jutland
The battle was a naval battle between the British and the German. It was the first majoy naval battle in world war one and although Britain lost more boats and men Germany was considered the losing side as their naval fleet was weekend considerably. -
The Somme campaign begins
The campaign was seen by many is a the biggest display of how futile trench warfare is. The losses suffered were one of the biggest losses in history in on one campaign with 623,907 losses to The British empire and allies and 500,000 to the Germans -
The Battle of Fromelles
Australian soldiers fight on the western front and they suffered the one of the largest losses for them in world war 1 -
USA declares war on Germany
The US declared war on Germany because of German submarine attacks on neutral and allied boats which included US boats. The Germans also sent an encrypted message to the mexicans asking for an alliance which in turn would aid the mexicans in reclaiming land ceded by the US -
Battle of Passchendaele / third battle of ypres
The main goal of the battle was to destroy the German submarine pens but the battle was heavily criticised because of the heavy losses with 310000 British and 260000 German men lost -
Armistice between Germany and Russia is signed
An armistice is an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time, in this case to stop until a treaty was formed and signed -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany
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Germany broke through the Somme
Which lead to the Germans making major advances using Storm Troops. Paris was hit with long-range artillery. The British 5th Army suffered major losses. -
End of World War 1
Although it was the last day of world war 1 the battles on the western front continued with many casualties with the last troop dying 90 minutes before the cease fire
