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World War 1

By amnahaque
  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, who is killed in Sarajevo along with his wife, Duchess Sophie.
  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Russia mobilizes

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • Germany declares war on France

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany.

  • U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces the U.S. will remain neutral

  • The Battle of Tannenberg begins

  • The First Battle of the Marne begins

    Trench warfare begins as soldiers on both sides dig in.

  • Battle of Ypres begins

  • The United Kingdom announces that the North Sea is a military area, effectively creating a blockade of goods into Germany.

  • The unofficial Christmas truce is declared

  • Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain

    essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets.

  • The Dardanelles campaign begins

  • The Second Battle of Ypres begins

    It is during this battle that the Germans first use poison gas.

  • The Battle of Gallipoli begins.

  • The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by German U-boat, U-20

  • Tsar Nicholas II takes personal control over Russia's armies.

  • The Battle of Verdun begins

    The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest.

  • The Battle of Jutland begins

    the major naval battle of the war

  • The Battle of the Somme begins

    During the Battle of the Somme, tanks are first introduced into battle.

  • Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico in an effort to entice Mexico to join the war

    The British intercept and decipher the coded message.

  • Russian Tsar Nicholas II abdicates.

  • The United States declares war on Germany

  • The Battle of Passchendaele (also known as the Third Battle of Ypres) begins.

  • The Bolsheviks successfully overthrow the Russian government

  • The armistice agreed upon between the new Russian government and the Central Powers goes into effect

  • U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues his Fourteen Points to peace.

  • Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk

    it's a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers.

  • Germany launches the Spring Offensive

  • German flying ace, Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Red Baron) is shot down

  • The Second Battle of the Marne begins

  • German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees Germany

  • Germany signs the armistice at Compiegne, France. Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

  • The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI

    The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI