Joey Devine 9LY World War 1 Timeline

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  • Franz Ferdinand was Assassinated

    On the 28'th of June 1914 Franz Ferdinand was Assassinated in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia.
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    World War 1

  • Austria declared war on Serbia

    Austria declared war on Serbia on July 28th, 1914.

  • Germany declared war on Russia

    Germany declared war on Russia on August 1'st 1914

  • Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.

    The Sclieffen Plan was a strategic plan called ''Aufmarsch I West'' made by Count Alfred von Schlieffen and the German General Staff. It was made for the army of the German Empire in 1905.

  • Britain declared war on Germany

    Britain declared war on Germany on 4th of August 1914

  • Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side.

    Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side. Trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front.

  • Allied troops landed in Gallipoli

  • Italy declared war on Germany and Austria

  • The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli

  • Conscription introduced in Britain

    Conscription is "Compulsory enrolment in the army"

  • Start of the Battle of Verdun

    During the Battle of Verdun 143,000 german soldiers died.
    162,000 French soldiers also died.

  • British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia

  • First use en masse of tanks at the Somme

  • Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister

  • USA declared war on Germany

  • Armistice between Germany and Russia signed

  • Germany asked the Allies for an armistice

  • Turkey made peace

  • Austria made peace

  • Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One.