World War 1

By Nate Williams
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    Events leading up to and during WW1

  • Germany becomes a unified nation

    Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire and France in war

  • Austrian Empire's defeat

    Austria-Hungary was reorganized and Germany's leadership was accepted in Central Europe

  • France's defeat

    France lost status and territory to Germany
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    Germany surpasses Britain and becomes Europe's leading industrial power

  • Otto von Bismarck formed the Three Emperors' Alliance

    Alliance was formed with Russia and Austria-Hungary
  • The Triple Alliance is formed

    The Triple Alliance is formed

    Germany formed an alliance with Italy and Austria-Hungary to protect itself from France

  • France forms alliance with Russia

    French provided money and other assistance to help Russia build railroads and modernize its army

  • Russia's Trans-Siberian Railroad is completed

  • Russia and Japan go to war over Manchuria and Korea

    Russia and Japan go to war over Manchuria and Korea

  • The US announced that it would take charge in any Latin American nation that could not properly manage its affairs.

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    The US takes charge in any Latin American nation that could not properly manage its affairs.

    It blocked European powers from increased control in Latin America.
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    Russo-Japanese War

  • The war over Manchuria and Korea ends

    The US, Britain, and Germany forced the settlement
  • Triple Entente is formed

    Triple Entente is formed

    Russia, France, and Great Britain formed the Triple Entente

  • Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina

  • Korea becomes a Japanese colony

    Manchuria was returned to China, and Russia agreed to respect Japan’s control over Korea
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    Balkan Wars

    The first war ended Ottoman rule on the peninsula. The second war divided the former Ottoman lands among the Balkan nations

  • Germany became the strongest of the Great Powers of Europe

  • Franz Ferdinand is assassinated

    Franz Ferdinand is assassinated

    Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb who was part of a Serbian terrorist organization called the Black Hand. He shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo.

  • Central Powers is formed

    Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of Germany and Austria-Hungary and formed the Central Powers

  • Russia attacks Germany

    France wanted Russia to attack Germany to take pressure off the Western Front. Russia was not prepared, but they attacked anyway.

  • Britain began a naval blockade of Germany to cut off oversea trade

  • Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

  • Germany declared war on Russia

  • Germany declared war on France

  • Britain declares war on Germany

    They did this because Germany attacked Belgium when they refused to let them enter territory.

  • Japan declares war on Germany

    They did this in hope of gaining German colonies in Asia

  • Bulgaria joins Central Powers

  • Germany started using poison gas

    Germany started using poison gas

  • Germany created a naval blockade of Britain

  • In Germany, clothing and food supplies were scarce

  • Britain captures Jerusalem

  • There were an increased number of food riots and strikes

    There were an increased number of food riots and strikes

  • US declares war on Germany

    They did this because Germany offered an alliance with Mexico. They promised that if Mexico joined them, then they would be given New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.
  • President Woodrow Wilson issues a statement of war goals called the Fourteen Points

    President Woodrow Wilson issues a statement of war goals called the Fourteen Points

    The first five points addressed general world concerns. The next eight points dealt with specific territorial issues in Europe and the Ottoman Empire. The fourteenth point called for “a general association of nations” to be formed, whose members would work together to protect all nations.

  • Germany surrenders

    The Fourteen Points contributed to Germany's surrender

  • Germans launched a massive attack on the British at the Second Battle of the Somme

  • American army defeated German forces at Saint Mihiel

  • Bulgaria surrenders

  • Turks surrenders

  • World War 1 ends

    Germany signed an armistice, an agreement to stop fighting
  • Paris Peace Conference

    Paris Peace Conference

    Wilson of the US wanted peace without victory.
    David Lloyd George of Britain wanted to make Britain great again. Georges Clemenceau of France wanted to weaken Germany.

  • Washington Naval Conference

    Led to an agreement by the major powers to reduce the size of their navies

  • A new treaty with the Allies restored the peace

  • U.S. and French officials drew up an agreement that outlawed war as an instrument of foreign policy