Anzacs

World War I

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  • Germany begins world expansion

    Germany begins world expansion

    Germany begins its world expansion in under the leadership of Bismark. This is encouraged by the national bourgeoise (the capitalist class who own most of society's wealth and means of production).
  • Triple Alliance Formation

    Triple Alliance Formation

    The Triple Alliance is formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy and is a secret agreement of alliance between the three countries.
  • The Triple Entente Formation

    The Triple Entente Formation

    The Triple Entente formed to counterbalance the threat posed by the Triple Alliance. In 1904, Britain and France allied in the Entente Cordiale and the Anglo-Russian Convention in 1907 completed the Triple Entente.
  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

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    Germany declared war on Russia

    On August 3rd Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium.

  • Britain declared war on Germany

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    First Battle of Marne

    This resulted in stalemate and trench warfare

  • The "Race to Sea" Trenches Appear

  • Allied troops land in Gallipoli

    Allied troops land in Gallipoli

    The allied troops were the ANZACS. (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps).

  • The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli

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    Easter Rebellion starts in Ireland (more)

    • Germany renounces submarine policy
    • Britain and France conclude Sykes-Picot agreement
    • Turkish forces are defeated by the Russians
    • Battle of Jutland, the biggest naval battle in history

  • Start of the Battle if the Somme

    This has the greatest amount of casualties in British military history, 60,000

  • Sheriff of Mecca proclaimed "King of the Arabs"

  • USA declared war on Germany

    USA declared war on Germany

  • Start of the Third Battle at Ypres

  • Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

    This results in Communist government under Lenin taking office.

  • Battle of Jaffa Begins (21st Dec)

  • Germany broke through on the Somme

  • Combined French and American attack along the Marne

    This marks the first in a series coordinated Allied counter-offensives on the Western Front.
  • Germany signed an armistice with the Allies

    Germany signed an armistice with the Allies

    This was the official date of the end of World War I.
    An armistice is an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.

  • Post War

    • U.S. forces withdraw from Siberia
    • Russian civil war continues
    • Japan continues to hold Vladivostok