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World War 1
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Assasination of archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria. He was assasinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, who was 19 at the time and part of the group of assasin's named the 'Black Hand'. -
Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia
On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany was keeping their alliance with Austria-Hungary, and when Austria-Hungary delcared war on Serbia because of the assasination of Franz Ferdinand. Russia was allies with Serbia and Germany declared war on Russia because Serbia was allies with Russia. -
Germany declares war on France
Germany had the Schleiffen Plan where they would be fighting on both fronts, with Russia and France. First, the Germans would go through Belgium and attack and defeat France whilst Russia was mobilising her troops. -
Germany invades neutral Belgium
Gemany invaded Belgium to get through to France and follow the Schleiffen Plan and win the war within 6 weeks -
Britain declares war on Germany
Britain had an alliance with Belgium so when Germany invaded Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany -
Battle of the frontiers began
The battle of the frontiers was 5 offences launched under the French commandant and German cheif. -
Russia invades East Prussia
By Russia invading East Prussia, it was an attempt to focus German military towards the Eastern Front. -
US president Woodrow Wilson declares policy of US neutrality
On 19 August 1914 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson addressed Congress and made public the U.S. policy of neutrality -
First battle of Marne
The First battle of Marne was a 4 year period of trench warefare and was an immensly strategic battle. the battle was the French stopping Germany entering France and the pursuit of allied armies -
Austro-German attack on Western Poland
Germany invaded Western Poland to expand their countries size -
Turkey entered the war
Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side. Trench warfare started to dominate on the Western Front. -
First German air raid on Brittain
Over 50 bombs were dropped on England on the 21st December 1914 killing 557 and injured another 1,358 people. -
Unofficial christmas truce declared by soldiers along the western front
An unofficial christmas truce was held along the western front. At night the soldiers mingled and talked in front of blazing fires -
The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place
Two German Zeppelin's dropped 24, 50kg high explosive bombs on Great Yarmouth, Sheringham. 4 people died and 16 were injured. 7000 british pounds was expected to be the damage worth -
Italy declared war on Germany and Austria
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Battle of Gallipoli (Australian Campaign)
25th May marks the day when Australian troops landed in Turkey. Australia found themselves having to support the British army because we were part of their empire. More that 20,000 Australian men were sent to help the British Army overcome the Turks. When the Australian troops landed at Gallipoli, the Turkish army were ready and waiting for them. The battle was on the shores of Gallipoli. On the day of 25th May 1915, over 600 soldiers died, many from the 11th Battalion in Western Australia. -
The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli
Allied forces began a full retreat from the shores of Gallipoli. Roughly 250,000 allied casualties occured on Gallipoli -
Start of the Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was fought between the French and German armies. The German army attacked the Région Fortifiée de Verdun, in order to provoke a counter-attack from the French. If that counter-attack came, the Germans would be ready with their massed artillery firearms. -
British surrender to Turkey
After withstanding 5 months of dueling trench warefare at Kut in Mesopotamia, 13,000 British soldiers were told to stand down by Sir Charles Townshend. -
Start of the Brusilov Offensive
The Brusilov Offensive was a major offensive against the armies of the Central Powers and the Eastern Front. -
First use en masse of tanks at the Somme
During the Battle of the Somme, the British launch a major offensive against the Germans, employing tanks for the first time in history. At the Somme, 40 tanks were deployed and General Douglas Haig liked what he saw so much, he ordered hundreds more. -
Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started
Unrestricted warefare is the act of sinking tanker ships and freight ships without warning -
United States declares war on Germany
At 8:30 on the evening of April 2, 1917, President Wilson appeared before a group of Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germanyl. On April 4, Congress granted Wilson's request. -
France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front
The Schleiffen plan was devised to attack on both fronts, the west and the east. The initial massive blow was to fall on France on the Western Front, whilst Russia, the arch-enemy, was held in constraint. Once the French were defeated, the whole force of the Germany military machine was to be transferred by rail to attack the Russians on the Eastern Front. -
Start of the Third Battle at Ypres
The Third Battle of Ypres was the major British offensive in Flanders in 1917. It was planned to break through the strongly fortified German defences surrounding the Ypres fort -
Battle of Caporetto
Austro-Hungarian forces, reinforces by German troops. were able to invade Italy and quickly overtake the Italian frontline. -
Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks
On the morning of this day in 1917, after Turkish troops move out of the region after only a single day of fighting, Officials of the Holy City of Jerusalem gave up and surrendered to encroaching British troops. -
Russia signs an armistice with Germany
Russia and Germany signed the armistice that marked a truce between the two countries. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918 between the Russian SFSR and the Central Powers. -
Germany broke through on the Somme
On 21st March 1918 the German Army launched a large-scale offensive against the Allied front on the Somme battlefield. It was the first attackk of many against the French -
Second Battle of the Marne started
The start of the collapse of the German army. The Germans begin what would be their final offensive push of World War I. named the Second Battle of the Marne, the conflict ended several days later in a major victory for the Allies. -
Turkey made peace
Turkey accepted and made peace with the allies -
Austria made peace
The Treaty of Campo Formio was a peace treaty between the French armies and Austrian army. But the French only signed the treaty because the Austrian Government had to give up specific Austrian territories the the French -
WW1 Ends
World War 1 ends. Everyone made peace and surrendered to sign the Armistice -
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The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI.
The Treaty of Versaillies was signed exactly 5 years after the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Although the armistice that was signed ended the actual fighting, the Treay of Versaillies was a peace treaty between Germany and the Allied Powers
