World War I

By adrianamottola

  • Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    A Serbian assasinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

  • Demands of an Austrian/Serbian alliance

    Austria gave Serbia an ultimatum that was deliberately harsh. Serbia tried to negotiate, but Austria rejected and declared war. Russia, Austria's ally, also took action against Serbia.

  • Developement of Western Front

    Germany declared war on France where it planned to rush the west, defeat France, and then attack Russia. Germany demanded passage through Belgium, a neutral country, and they refused. Germany then seized Belgium which caused uproar in Great Britain. The European nations took sides, Germany and Austria-Hungary (Central Powers, later joined by Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire) and then Great Britain, France, and Russia (known as the Allied Powers, then joined by Japan and Italy).

  • First Battle of the Marne

    Germans invaded France on the Western Front, but quickly retreated after France's allies attacked them.

  • Battle of Liminowa

    Russian forces invaded Germany on the east while Germany was still invading France.

  • Gallipoli

    French and German armies on the Western Front dug miles of trenches to defend themselves. This created the "Trench Warfare".

  • Battle of Verdun

    Near Verdun, the Germans advanced four miles while the British gained five miles in the Somme Valley

  • Battle of Somme

    From July - September, 1916

  • End of the Battle of Somme

    The battle ended with a total of 1 million deaths and British gained only 6.5 miles.

  • Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

    Germans announce that their submarines will go into the water without any warning to ships in the waters around Britain.

  • America joins in the war

    President Wilson asks congress to declare war. The United States joined the allies in war.

  • Russian Revolution

    Bolshevik Red Guards made up of armed factory workers invaded Winter Palace in Petrograd. They took over the government building. The Bolshevik Revolution was over in a matter of hours.

  • Germany send a final attack to Allies in France

    Germans unleashed one final attack on the allies in France. More than 6,000 cannons opened fire on France.

  • Second battle of the Marne

    The Allies clash with the Germans. Leading this attack were 350 tanks on the allies side that slowly rolled through German lines.

  • Armastice

    A new German representitive met with Marshal Foch. In a railway car in Paris the two signed an armastice or a agreement to stop fighting.

  • Treaty of Versailles

    A treaty is signed between Germany and the Allied powers is signed.