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Archduke Ferdinand was Assassinated
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Francis was the trigger of the world war. Archduke was shot dead by a man named Gavrilo Princip. -
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World War 1
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Battle of the Marne
The battle of Marne was the first battle of the world war. It resulted in the allied victory against the German army. -
Battle of Ypers
The battle of Ypres was the First World War battle that was around the area Ypres, in eastern Belgium during October and November. -
Turkey joined the Central Power
The Ottoman Empire joined so they could be part of the triple alliance. The triple entente, or allied powers, declared war on the Ottoman Empire on November 4. -
Germany attempted to blockade Great Britain
The blockade was conducted by the allied powers in an effort to slow down the goods to the central power. -
Second battle of Ypres
The second battle of Ypres was fought for the control of the strategic town of Ypres in western Belgium. -
Battle of Gallipoli begins
The battle of Gallipoli was a campaign of the world war 1 that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula. -
Italy declared war on Austria-‐Hungary
France and Britain promised Italy that they could get some land if Italy had joined the western alliance. Italy had some territory dispute with Austria-Hungary empire. -
British troops withdraw from Gallipoli
The allied powers staged a full retreat from the shores of the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, ending a disastrous invasion from the Ottoman Empire. -
British troops withdraw from Gallipoli
The allied powers staged a full retreat from the shores of the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, ending a disastrous invasion from the Ottoman Empire. -
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The Allies stop Germans in the Battle of Verdun
By early December, under Robert Nivelle, who had been appointed to replace Philippe Pètain in April, the French had managed to recapture much of their lost territory, and in the last three days of battle took 11,000 German prisoners before Hindenburg finally called a stop to the German attacks. -
10,000 British troops surrender to the Turks
After withstanding nearly five months under siege by Turkish and German forces at the town of Kut-al-Amara. -
The battle of Jutland
Tactically most historians agree that the Germans did better in the battle, but as the battle forced the German fleet to stay in port for the rest of the war it was a strategic victory for the Royal Navy. -
Zimmerman Telegraph
The Zimmerman Telegram was a coded message sent to Mexico from Germany. Arthur Zimmerman, the German Foreign Minister, was the telegram's author. -
Bolsheviks take over Russia
The Bolsheviks seized power because of three main reasons, the weakness of the Provisional Government, the cohesion of Lenin's followers and the fact that he had ready money and his opponents did not. -
Jerusalem falls to the allies
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Russia signs Armistice with Germany
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Russia signs treaty of Brest-Litovsk
To finish Russia's involvement in WW1 which was one of the promises they made to the Russian people during the revolutio -
Second battle of Marne
The Second Battle of the Marne (French: Seconde Bataille de la Marne), or Battle of Reims (15 July – 6 August 1918) was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. -
Fighting finally ended
The war ended with an armistice which is basically a cease fire on November 11,1918 with negotiations to follow. The subsequent treaties worked out over the next year placed the blame on Germany. -
Germany signs armistice
The Germans had been squeezed by the British naval blockade, which deprived them of resources. They were running out of men to put in the army. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of world war 1. It ended the war between Germany and the allied powers. It was signed exactly 5 years after the assassination of Archduke.
