World War 1

By chrisausburn

  • Germany Unified

    Germany was officially unified. It was unified by Otto von Bismark and berlin was made the center of all german affairs. (Sometime in January non-specific date)

  • France Loses Alsace & Lorraine to Germany

    This continued to increase political tensions between France and Germany, aiding in drawing political lines when war broke out.

  • Triple alliance formed

    The triple alliance formed the party opposite the entente, and formed the neccesary political solidarity to instil an "us" vs "them" ideology that sparked WWI.

  • Bolsheviks emerge as political party

    The Bolsheviks served as the principle platform for communist reform, and the main agenda-creators in the early soviet untion.

  • Triple Entente alliance formed

    The triple entente created a fundamentally linked group that would band together as an opposing force in world war 1.

  • Revolution overthrows Austria-Hunagrian Emperor

    NON-SPECIFIC MONTH AND DAY DUE TO DISCREPANCY FROM WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS BANNED FROM THE COUNTRY OR WHEN THE EMEPEROR LEFT THE COUNTRY
    The removal of an emperor from Austria-Hungary created long-term political unrest in the country, despite short-term benefits.

  • Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia

    many Serbians lived in Bosnia and were angry with this action they protested it and Russia intervened to help settle the problem

  • Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand Assasinated

    This set off and started the events that led up to the start of World War I

  • Austria Hungary declares was on Serbia

    one month after the Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Ferdinand. Austria Hungary declared war, beginning the first world war

  • Unrestricted Submarine Warfare begins

    Germany's unrestricted submarine policy angers the recieiving parties and bolsters general consesus of it as a dirty form of warfare. Painting Germany as an un-fair fighter.

  • Ottoman-Germany alliance formed

    this alliance solidified political alleigence that would translate into the opposing sides of WWI

  • Schleiffen plan put into action

    The schleiffen plan generated the first forward motion of attack by Germany, kickstarting the fighting part of the war.

  • Japan declares war on Germany

    Japan declared war on Germany because German ships are in Japanese and Chinese waters

  • Battle of Marne

    the battle of Marne was a victory for the Allied forces it also featured the first use of radio intercepts and automotive transportation of troops and began the phase of war known as trench warfare

  • Lusitania Sunk

    he Lusitania was sunk by a german submarine being one of many reasons that the US joined WWI

  • Battle of Verdun

    The battle of Verdun was the single longest battle of World War I

  • Zimmerman Telegram Found

    The telegram is cited as one of two major reasons the United States entered WWI

  • Tsar Nicolas II Abdicates

    This set the ~political~ stage for russia's communist movements to take over the country.

  • US declares war on Germany

    The war declaration gives the United States legal leway to send troups against Germany in WWI shifting the tide of the war.

  • Lenin Seizes power in Russia

    Lenin's seizure of power is directly linked to the creation of the Soviet Union, therefore linked to the speeding up of Russia's race to the global forefront of politics.

  • 14 Points proposed

    the 14 points proposed by Woodrow Wilson with the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war

  • Russia Signs treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    The treaty ended russia's involvment in the war, eliminating a power dynamic in the war and altering its geographical course.

  • Battle of Somme

    the battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest battles in history and in total it resulted in more than 1.5 million casualties

  • Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates

    Kasier Wilhelm steps down from power contributing to german political fragmentation.

  • Treaty of Versailles signed

    This treaty ended world war one, and created the political and economic climate for nazi rise in Germany.

  • Stalin takes over Russia

    Stalins's new regime sets the soviet union in course to become a agressively competitive world power, laying the competitive foundation for the cold war.

  • Germany stops paying reparation to France

    germany payed of the last of its war reparations finally closing that chapter of history allowing germany to fully move into its modern western identity.