World War I

By SGeisler

  • Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    He and his wife were assasinated on June 28,1914. He was known as the king of Austria-Hungary. This tragic event was the start of WWI.

  • The Battle of Tannenberg

    The Battle of Tannenberg
    The beginning date of the Battle of Tannenberg

  • Battle of Ypres

    Battle of Ypres
    This was the first of many Ypres battles, and involved sikhs.

  • The Dardanelles Campaign

    The Dardanelles Campaign
    Also known as the Battle of Gallipoli and was the first battle of 1915

  • The Second Battle of Ypres

    The Second Battle of Ypres
    This is the second battle and the first where Germany used poison gas.

  • Sinking of Lusitania

    Sinking of Lusitania
    It was sunk by the German U-boats

  • The Battle of Verdun begins

    The Battle of Verdun begins
    One of the longest and bloodiest battles in WWI.

  • Russian Tsar Nicholas II abdicated

    Russian Tsar Nicholas II abdicated
    He was forced to give up his seat for provincial government

  • The Battle of Passchendaele begins

    The Battle of Passchendaele begins
    It is also known as the Third Battle of Ypres.

  • The Second Battle of Marne begins

    The Second Battle of Marne begins
    It was fought between Germany and the Allied forces on the Western Front, in France.

  • The Treaty of Versailles

    The Treaty of Versailles
    This was the event that official ended WWI.