world war 1

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    On june 28 1914, Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, which was a major thing that started world war 1.
    He was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was a serbian terrorist.
  • Austria-Hungary looks for German support

    Austria-Hungary looks for German support
    On july 5th Austria-Hungary seeked German support for a war against Serbia.
  • Austria-Hungary vs Serbia

    Austria-Hungary vs Serbia
    on july 28 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, austria-Hungary sent the serbians a ultimatum.
  • Russia gets troops

    Russia gets troops
    Russia starts mobilizing troops to fight against the Austria-Hungary alliance, and Germany is not happy about this and tell them to stop mobilzing their troops or else they will attack.
  • Germany vs Russia

    On August 1 Germany declares war on Russia because they were did not stop mobilizing their troops.
    Germany and the Ottoman Empire start an alliance.
  • Germay invades Luxembourg

    Germany started invadeing Luxembourg, Luxembourg was allowed to retain its own government and political system, but all proceedings were overshadowed by the German army's presence.
  • Germany vs France

    Germany vs France
    Germany declares war on France and Belgium trys to stop Germany from invading France, by not letting them parce through their borders.
  • Belgium invaded

    Belgium invaded
    Germany attacks Belgium as a stratergy to invade France, the United Kingdom decales war on Germany for invading Belgium
  • Russia/Serbia is getting attacked

    Austria-Hungary alliance declares war on Russia.

    Serbia declares war on German, russia is now fighting germany and Austria-Hungary.
  • BEF arvies to help

    BEF arvies to help
    the British Expeditionary Force arives in france to help them from the german invasion.
    in between the time of August 7to September 13 the germans defeat the british and french ristance
  • France vs Austria-Hungary

    France declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • Belgian army attacks German base

    The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary.
    Battle of Haelen begins, the Belgian troops do a attack on the german army and have a succsesful win.
  • french invade german soil

    french invade german soil
    The Battle of Lorraine begins, the french army start a attack to invade german soil, but the attack resulted in a german victory
  • The battle of Cer

    The Battle of Cer begins, the battle of Cer was fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbiain armys, the Austrin-Hungary tried to invade Serbia but failed and resulted in an Serbian victory.
  • Battle of Gumbinnen

    Battle of Gumbinnen
    The German army tried to invade the Russia on the eastern frount, the German army failed and they had to do a full retreat from Russia.
    Other events are the Germans occupyed Brussels.
  • belgium invaded

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Belgium
  • japan vs germany

    japan vs germany
    Japan declares war on Germany, the british empire has asked the japense govenment to help them invade germany, Japan sent Germany an ultimatum on 14 August 1914, which went unanswered; Japan then formally declared war on Germany on 23 August 1914
    Germany invaded France, the BEF made a full retreat
  • Battle of Tannenberg

    This was a battle between Russia and Germany, Russia had a total of 78,000 killed or wounded; 92,000 were POWs.
    the Russians sent in the Russian second army and the battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army.
  • Japan war on Austria-Hungary

    Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • Australian forces occupy German New Guinea

    The Australian army sends approximately 2,000 men to destroy wireless installations in New Guinea.
  • South Africa attack German bases

    Troops from South Africa attack German bases in Namibia, the result was a South African victory over Germany.
  • Russia vs Ottoman Empire

    Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
  • Battle of Bolimov

     Battle of Bolimov
    The Battle of Bolimov was a very big day in history, in this battle it was the first time Chemical weapons were ever used by the Germans.
  • Germans attack British ships

    The German Navy attack British ships that relied heavily on imports to feed its population,
    the Germans sunk a total of about 5000 ships.
  • The Aliance

    London makes aliance with italy, it had United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the Kingdom of Italy.
  • Gallipoli

    Gallipoli
    At first the Australian army were sent to Egypt, they were sent to Egypt for some extra training,
    They trained there for four and a half months they departed by ship for the Gallipoli peninsula, they tried to push pass Turkish lines but failed and resulted in about 8,000 peoples deaths.
  • Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.

    Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, after 1 year of secret metings with britan they finally joined their side.
  • German forces in South-West Africa surrender

    In South Africa the Geramn forces made a retreat, and the south africans got their land back.
  • Germans stop sending ships

    The German navy stops sending ships to destroy Brithish ships
  • Bulgaria declares war on Serbia

    On October 14, the Bulgarian govenmant decaled war on Serbia.
  • The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria.

    Because Bulgaria decaled war on Sebia the United Kingdom and france declaresd war on Bulgaria.
  • Italy and Russia declare war on Bulgaria

    Italy and Russia declare war on Bulgaria because they are alied with the UK and france.
  • the fall of the Serbian army

    the fall of the Serbian army
    The entire Serbian army collapses and they retreat into Albania.
  • Gallipoli Campaign failed

    Gallipoli Campaign failed
    On this date the Gallipoli Campaign failed and restulted in a massive defeat for France,Uk,Australia and a victory for the Ottoman Empire.
  • Germany attack British ships again

    Germany restart attacking the British ships on March 1st.
  • Germany declares war on Portuga

    Germany declares war on Portugal, even though they had a aliance with the UK they did not unter the war untill this date.
  • Germany stops attacking ships

    Germany once again stops attacking ships for the second time.,
  • The Battle of the Somme begins

     The Battle of the Somme begins
    The battle of Somme begins, The aim being to drain the German forces of reserves, 58,000 British troops (one third of them killed) on the first day of the battle, but it ended in a British/French victory.
  • Italy war on Germany

    Italy declares war on Germany.
  • tanks used first time in history

    this was the last offensive of the Battle of the Somme, and the British army used tanks for the first time in history.
  • Battle of Somme ends

    The battle of Somme finally comes to an end, it had massive casualties for both sides.
  • German ships attack

    Germany resarts attacks on British ships again.
  • Austrialia attacks Noreuil

    Australians attack Noreuil
  • United States declares war on Germany

    United States declares war on Germany
    The United States of America finally declares war on Germany after 3 years of fighting.
  • The US army sends troops to France

    The US army sends troops to France for the first time in the war.
  • Operation Albion

    Germans capture of Oesel, Dago and Moon Islands
  • Germans capture.

    Germans capture Minsk, Zhytomyr, Estonia.Pskov and Narva.in 1 week of fighting
  • the Paris Gun

    the Paris Gun
    The Paris Gun is used by the Germans to to bombard Paris.
  • last German offensive on the Western Front,

    the last German offensive on the Western Front, which fails when the Germans are counterattacked by the French army.
  • Battle of Baku

    Battle of Baku starts and is last Turkish offensive of the war.
  • Bulgaria signs an armistice

    Bulgaria signs an armistice with the Allies, so Bulgaria is now not at war with the British.
  • Germans stop attacking ships

    Germany once again stops attack British ships.
  • Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice

    The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice, now not at war with the British Empire
  • No more war

    No more war
    Germany signs a Armistice, there is now no war and is finally the end of World War 1, which was the most brutak war in history at the time.