World War 1

By dcanovaca

  • Revolution overthrows Austria-Hungarian Emperor

    Protest movements and open resistance towards the emperor eventually led to the overthrowal of him.

  • Germany officially unified

    Brought together Germany to become a superpower in Europe.
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    Russo-Japanese War

    The Russians sought to obtain a warm water port in the Pacific and ended up fighting against the Japanese for it.

  • Triple Entete alliance formed

    This alliance was created by the Anglo-Russian Entete on this date. It linked the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the UK.

  • Austra-Hungary annexes Bosnia

    This led to the beginning of World War 1 through control issues.

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assasinated

    The killings started a chain of events leading to the outbreak of World War 1 in early August.

  • Ottoman-Germany Alliance formed

    The Ottoman Turks sent an offering of an allience in July of 1914 and in August, the Germans accepted. This allience was helpful strategically for both sides.

  • Schlieffen Plan put into action

    The Schlieffen Plan was a plan for attacking France after Russia began to mobolize troops near Germany.

  • Japan declared war on Germany

    This showed an oppertunity for Japan to be freed from German suppression

  • Battle of Tannerberg

    This battle resulted in a Germany win through the ambush of Russian soldiers.

  • Battle of Marne

    The first battle in WW1 between France and Britain against Germany.

  • Russian army runs out of ammunition

    During the month of December, the whole Russian army was out of ammuntion for their infantrymen.

  • Battle of Gallipoli

    Turned into a failure for British and French troops as they continued to try and control the sea route from Europe to Russia.

  • Lusitania sinks

    The Lusitania was an ocean liner that was sunk by German forces who were attacking the British and Irish.

  • Battle of Verdun

    Started a continuous battle for Douaumont and Vauz between Germany and France.

  • Battle of Jutland

    Turned into a major British naval defeat of the Germans.

  • Battle of Somme

    Started the first offensive route for the British is WW1.

  • Vladimir Lenin seizes power in Russia

    Vladimir Lenin seized control of Russia and became the first head of the Soviet Union in 1917

  • Zimmerman Telegraph found

    Arthur Zimmernan sent a coded tepegraph from Mexico speaking of the unrestricted subamrine warfare. This was found on this date by the allied forces, making them aware of such issues.

  • Unrestricted submarine warfare commences

    Germany recalled a policy that prevented U-boats from warfare. This rose the threat of sinking ships because of this submarine warfare.

  • Tsar Nicholas II abdicates

    During the February revolution, Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicte the throne by PEtrograd insurgents.

  • US declares war on Germany

    The US Congress declared war on Germany on this date after Woodrow Wilson asked them to.

  • Battle of Passchendaele

    Turned into one of the most infamous battle of WW1 as it perfectly encapsulates the war.

  • Boshleviks emerge as a political group

    Resulted in the founding of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

  • Balfour declaration

    This declaration stated the seperation of Britain from the Ottoman Empire after World War 1.

  • October Revolution

    The last major phase of the Russian Revolution where the Bolsheviks gained power in Russia and began the Soviet regime.

  • 14 points proposed

    Made amends to put an end to WW1.

  • Influenza Epidemic

    Led to the death of 50,000,000 people.

  • Russia signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Russia signed this treaty to end their participation in World War 1.

  • Armistice Signed

    Brought an end to fights between France, Britain, and Germany after 4 years of fighting.

  • France loses Alsace & Lorraince to Germany

    In this year, it started a battle for the territory that lasted until 1945.

  • Treaty of Versailles Signed

    This treaty ended the state of war between the Allied Powers and Germany.

  • Russia-Germany Pact violates Versailles

    both nations made a deal that went against the Versailles treaty they both signed.

  • Treaty of Saint-Germain

    This treaty concluded World War 1 completely. It was signed by Austrian forces on one side and by the Aliied powers on the other.

  • New Economic Policy (NEP)

    The NEP was an economic policy that was implamented into Soviet Russia by Vladimir Lenin. He called it "State Capitalism".

  • Stalin takes over Russia

    After Lenin's death, Stalin takes over as the leader of Soviet Russia because of rank.

  • Austria declares war on Serbia

    The Austrian government blamed Serbian governemnt for Franz Ferdinand and his wife's assasinations.

  • Trotsky flees Russia

    Leon Trotsky (a Bolshevik revolution leader) was deproted out of soviet Russia to Central Asia as commanded by Stalin.

  • Germant stopped reparation payments to France

    As a result, Germany's economy was finally able to re-stabalize.