World War 1 Major Events

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  • Assassination of the Archduke.

  • The first battle of the Marne begings.

    The Battle of the Marne was an immense strategic victory for the Allies, wrecking Germany's bid for a swift victory over France and forcing it into a drawn-out two-front war.

  • Battle of Ypres begins

    The German and Western Allied attempts to secure the town from enemy occupation included a series of further battles in.

  • Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain.

  • The Dardanelles Campaign begins

    A World War I campaign that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916.

  • The Battle of Verdun begins, the longest battle of World war 1

    First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, the hills of North Verdun sur Meuse in North Eastern France.

  • Russian Tsar Nicholas 2 adicates.

    Like other Russian Emperors he is commonly known by the monarchical title Tsar.

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

    Its entry into the war had in part been due to Germany's resumption of submarine warfare against merchant ships trading with France and Britain.

  • Germany Launches the Spring Offensive

    The Germans had realised that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the Allies.

  • German Kaiser Wilhelm 2 adicates and flees Germany

    The war was in Germany, and the miltary did nothing to uphold the monarchy, Kaiser Wilhelm went to Nothorlands and abicate.

  • The Treaty of Versailles officilly ends World War 1