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World War 1
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World War begins
Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated. He was murder at Sarajevo, this started World War and was known as the war to end all wars. 8 millions soldiers and sailors died and 20 million were injuried. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz was shot to death in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip. -
Alliance System aid in World War
Around the time Serbia was preparing for war, Russia came to Serbia's defense and the other Allied Powers including France, Italy, Great Britain and later the United States. While Hungary had the central powers with the Ottoman Empire, Germany and Bulgaria. This ultimately created the term of World War because each country had their buddies. -
Serbia vs Austria-Hungary
After Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed in Serbia, Austria declared war on Serbia and were planning to invade the small country and later Russia stepped in to defend Serbia. -
Panama Canal opens
The American-built waterway across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is inaugurated with the passage of the U.S. vessel Ancon, a cargo and passenger ship. -
First Battle of Marne
The First Battle of the Marne marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare that was to characterise World War One. -
The Gallipoli campaign begins
Gallipoli was one of the Allies' disasters in WWI. Gallipoli was a plan brought up by Winston Churchill to end the war, by creating a new war that Central Powers couldn't cope with. -
Armenian Massacre
One and a half million Armenians were killed, out of a total of two and a half million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. 300 Armenian leaders were butchered and killed. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
In May 1915 the Lusitania was containing British passengers was shot down by Germany because of their ship policy which angered the U.S. -
Battle of Verdun
in July 1916 in an effort to take German pressure off of the French at Verdun. The Battle of Verdun started on February 21st 1916 and ended on December 16th in 1916. -
Battle of Somme
For many people, the Battle of the Somme was the battle that symbolised the horrors of warfare in World War One. The British Army had suffered 420,000 casualties including nearly 60,000 on the first day alone. The French lost 200,000 men and the Germans nearly 500,000. -
Germany's Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
This policy was one of the reasons why America joined the war, Germany would fire at any ship that was caught on its border even if they had no cause with the current war. This was a desperate move on Germany's part and only inched U.S to join in on the war. -
Germany returns to Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
This policy resumed and was noted as a agressive way of defense destorying any ship that crossed their borders and didn't set wel with the U.S. -
Zimmerman telegram is intercepted
Pres. Woodrow Wilson learned of Zimmerman telegrama message from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a team up to take down U.S. -
U.S. declartion of war
After hearing news that the Germans would help Mexico take on the U.S., President Woodrow Wilson gave a motivational speech and joined the Allied powers against Germany. -
Commuists seize power in Russia
Lenin had already decided that the workers were incapable of leading themselves as they did not have the necessary skills. He and other trained revolutionaries would do it. Lenin promised the people of Russia a number of things. The first was that he would pull Russia out of the war. This proved extremely popular especially among soldiers. Secondly he promised land to the peasants. -
Russia pulls out of WWI
Russia was dealing with Czar being removed from power and the new Goverment wanted to focus on Russia found a way to pull them out of war and signed the Brest-Litovsk treaty. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed
This treaty brought the end of war between Russia and Germany. Lenin ordered that Bolshevik representatives get a quick treaty from the Germans to bring about an end to the war. -
Second Battle of Marne
In what began as the last major German offensive of the First World War, the Second Battle of the Marne developed into a significant Allied victory. -
Czar Nicholas steps down from power
Russia’s involvement in World War I was also a crucial factor in Nicholas’ demise. The first two years of the war did not go well; the Russians lost 250,000 soldiers. five years later the Russian czar would be forced to abdicate, ending 300 years of Romanov rule and making Nicholas the final member of his family to act as czar. -
Kaiser Willhelm II steps down
The abdication of Kaiser Willhelm II was announced by the German government and declared there'd be no negotiation with Kaiser and Kaiser became isolated. -
Armistice Signed
Germans and the Allies agree to end the War. Though it wasn't the only armistice signed, it was the last one to end all wars, the battle of the Eastern Front was another one. Bulgaria dropped out of the war sooner during September 30. -
End of WWI
By Autumn the alliance of the Central Powers was unraveling its war efforts against the Allied Powers, they were exhausted and running low on supplies and were forced to take a armistice to end WWI.
