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START OF WW1
WW1 Is global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. The first World War began as a local war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in 1914. It grew into a war involving 32 countries. The Allies included Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. These countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. -
Getting together
The Allies and The triple entente all started to be involed in WW1 on the 28th of July 1914 but got together on the 29th of July 1914. -
Britain declares war on Germany
Australia quickly pledged its support for Britain. As Andrew Fisher said shortly before he was elected prime minister, “Australians will stand beside our own to help and defend her to our last man and our last shilling.” -
Australian Troops capture German New Guinea
AN&MEF troops 'skirmished' with Melanesian and German troops at Bitapaka in the German colony of New Guinea. The six Australians killed in the action were the first of 60,000 Australian troops to fall in the First World War. -
HMAS Sydney destroys the German raider SMS Emden at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
The first action fought by the Royal Australian Navy. Sydney sank the Emden, thereby neutralising a major threat to the Australian–New Zealand troop convoy headed for Europe. -
WW1 ALLIANCES
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Australian troops in Egypt
Australian and New Zealand troops were shiped to Egypt as a force to protect the Suez Canal against the Ottoman Turks. This news was disheartening for many troops who were eager to fight the German army in the main theatre of the war. -
WAR ZONE
February 4 - Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain, essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets. -
Australians land at ANZAC Cove
British, Australian, New Zealand and French troops made a pre-dawn amphibious landing on or near the Gallipoli peninsula. -
Burial truce
So pervasive was the stench of the Turkish corpses resulting from the attack on 19 May that a temporary truce was negotiated between Australian and Turkish troops to recover the dead from no-man’s land for burial. -
Italy: the TRATORS
On 1915 Italy Declares war on Austria- Hungary but not on Germany on May 23. Italy signed the treaty of London, Committing itself to enter WWI on the side of the allies on April 26, 1915. Italy Is Looking For support against France. Germany and Austria-Hungary's Secret formed in Italy. -
End of the Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli Campaign ends in an Allied defeat and an Ottoman victory. -
Battle of Verdun
February 21 - The Battle of Verdun begins. The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest. -
Italy declares war on Germany.
Italy declares war on Germany. After Italy Declared War on Austria-Hungary, Germany came to help Austria-Hungary which made Italy Declare war on Germany -
The Western Front
The Western Front ran 700 kilometres from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border. -
USA Declares war
April 6 - The United States declares war on Germany. -
Russia signs a preliminary armistice with Germany.
Russia signs a preliminary armistice with Germany. text of the preliminary armistice agreed by Bolshevik Russia and Germany in December 1917. This followed a formal statement by Trotsky in late November in which he outlined Russia's intention to seek an early armistice. -
Operation Michael: The German Offensive of March 21 1918
In March 1918, Allies suspected that German forces would soon make a decisive move. They were right. On 14 March, General Erich Ludendorff, Chief of Staff of the German armies, was planning a surprise offensive to divide the French and British forces on the Western Front. As anticipated, the German army amassed its troops and launched an offensive on 21 March -
End of War
lasted until 11 November 1918. More than 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war, a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents' technological and industrial sophistication, and tactical stalemate. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved. -
VICTORY TO THE ALLIES
Germany signed a armistice on 11 November 1918, which had its own trouble with revolutionaries, ending the war in victory for the Allies (the triple entente).
