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The Assassination
The assassination in Saralevo of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Bosnian Serb nationalist named Gavrillo Princip. His uncle was Emperor Franz Joseph didn't like him much... *wikimedia common -
The beginning of World War 1
The beginning of World War 1 -
Austria declares war
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia -
germany declares war
Germany declared war on france -
Major powers of Europe
The major powers of Europe are at war with each other because scince the assassination, Austria asked Serbia for an ultimatum that Serbia agreed to most of the demands but not all of them. which then led to them declaring war on each other, which led to including most of Europe, which includes: Germany, Serbia, Austria, Belgium, France, Ottoman and Russia that also included Britain and Japen because the alliance to each other. -
the battles
battle of the frontiers begin -
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Battle of Tannenberg
Russia loses, which was Germany's greatest success on the Eastern Front -
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Battle of Marne
The first battle of Marne, halts German advance which leads to stalemate and trench warfare -
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Battle of Masurian lake
the first battle of Masurian lake, Russia loses -
Battle of Aisne
the beginning of the battle of Asine. -
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Race to the sea
It was the last mobile phase of the war for Germany, until later during the war. -
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Battle of Ypres
the battle of Ypres -
Turkey enters the war
Turkey enters the war on the side of the central powers, the central powers was composed of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the otto-man empire and Bulgaria. -
Battle of the Falkland islands
Battle of the Falkland Islands -
German Air raid
First German air raid on Britain -
Christmas Truce
An unofficial Christmas truce declared by soldiers along the Western Front. -
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Allied offensive
Allied offensive in Artois and Champagne -
German U-boat attacks
German U-boat attacks on Allied and neutral shipping; declares blockade of Britain -
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allied amphibious attacks
Allied amphibious attack on the Dardanelles and Gallipoli (initiated by Winston Churchill, who resigns as a consequence) ends with the Turkish siege of the Allied forces -
The Allied
Allied landing at Gallipoli. The Allied were the French republic, British Empire and thr Russian Empire;Italy -
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Galipoli campaign
the Australian landed what is known as the ANZAC cove on 25 of April creating a fraglie base on the slopes above the beach.During the beginning of the campaign the Allies tried to break Turkish lines while the Turks tried to drive them away from the peninsula. attempts on both sides resulted in stalemate. the most successful campaign was the evacuation of troops on 19 and 20 December. -
Lusitnania
U-boat sinks British liner Lusitania with the loss of American lives, creating a US-German diplomatic crisis -
Treaty agreements
Ignoring treaty agreements with the Central Powers, Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary -
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Battles of Isonzo
Italians launch unsuccessful attack on Hungarians at 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battles of Isonzo; there are to be 12 in total -
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Attack on Verdun
German attack on Verdun in the longest battle of the war, ultimately defended by the French at great cost to both sides -
Battle of Somme
Start of the Battle of the Somme, with the greatest number of casualties in British military history, 60,000 -
Tanks on the Somme battlefields
tanks are intoduced onto the battle of Somme by the British -
End of the battle of Somme
The end of the battle of Somme -
peace note
Germany issues peace note suggesting compromise peace -
Peace objectives
Allies state peace objectives in response to US President Woodrow Wilson's December 1916 peace note -
Capture Baghad
The briyish capture Baghdad -
Seperate peace negotiations
Russia opens seperate peace negotiations with Germany -
Russia-Germany peace negotiations
Russia accomplishes peace negotiations with Germany -
Bulgaria armistice
Bulgaria concludes armistice negotiations -
German-Austria truce
Germany and Austria send peace note too Us army saying they want armistice -
German republic
German republic is founded -
The end of World War 1!
The end of World War 1! -
League of Nations
Peace conference accepts principle of a League of Nations -
League of Nations
Draft covenant of League of Nations completed -
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Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles drafted and signed
