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A man named Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whom was heir to the Austro Hungarian throne and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia in Herzegovina.
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Germany declares war on France and Russia, and invades neutral Luxembourg and Belgium. This signifies the beginning of WW1.
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To signify Christmas spirit, the soldiers from both sides call truce to come out of their trenches and share drinks and greetings on Christmas eve.
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The Zeppelin had their first raid on Britain, the raid was an air raid which German planes flew over Britain and dropped bombs on Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn on the eastern coast of England.
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The germans are driven back from Ypres (Belgium).
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The Austrlaian Soliders landed in Gallipoli to fight.
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A German U-boat sinks the Lusitania, killing 1198 people, including 128 Americans; this event contributes to the decision of the USA to enter the war in 1917.
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Battle of Lone Pine and the Nek at Gallipoli.
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Gallipoli was evacutated
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The stalemate continues on the Western Front
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The battle of Somme; tanks are used for the first time. Ended in November 1916
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The first conscription plebiscite in Australia is narrowly defeated.
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Fighting continues on the Western Front; battles are fought at Passchendaele, Ypres, Pozieres and Bullecourt.
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USA joins the war on the side of the British and French.
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The Rusians start a communist revolution
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The Ludendorff Offensive begins in a final attempt by Germany to break through the Allied lines and win the war.
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The Australian troops recapture the town of Villers - Bretonneux.
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The start of the Allied counter-offensive.
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The combined air artillary, infantry and tank power was prepared in utmost secretcy. the aim was to drive the german forces away from an area with vital railway links. this counter attack went for 5 days.
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The final Allied push towards the German border began on October 17, 1918. As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers began to collapse. Turkey signed an armistice at the end of October, Austria-Hungary followed on November 11.
