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Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo
Assasination On the morning of June 28,1914, while traveling through Sarajevo, Francis and his wife Sophie were assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. They were assassinated while crossing the Latin Bridge in Sarajevo. Francis ignored warnings of a possible assassination plot and decided to explore the area where the 1389 Battle of Kosovo took place. -
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Austria and Hungary declared war on Serbia
Declared War Exactly one month after the assassination of Francis Ferdinand, Austria and Hungary declared war on Serbia. This battle began the first World War. Kaiser Wilhem ll was the only one that still saw a possibility of peaceful resolution to the conflict, but the German government overruled the opinion.After Austria and Hungary declared war, Russia ordered mobilization in the four military districts. -
Germany declared war on Russia
War When the Russians came to help defend Serbia, Germany had no choice but to defend their Ausrian allies. This caused Germany to declare war on Austria. Their strategy for war was against Russia, Schefffein Plan which called for an initial attack against France which is Russia's ally. So even though Germany had no dispute with France at the time, it still declared war against France. -
Germany invaded France
Invasion The first outbreak of the World War One was the German army quickly attacking France through neutral Belgum before turning southwards the encircle the French army on the German border. After being invaded France depoyed five armies on their borders as a pre-offensive plan to capture Alsace-Lorraine following the outbreak of hostiles. -
Battle of the Marne started
Battle of The Marne The outcome of this war brought an end to the war of movement that started in early August. Instead, with Germany and their advantage was brought to a halt. Trench warfare occured instead. The German army attacked Belgium and France and was only 30 miles away from Paris. The process of Germany had been rapid. -
First Battle of Ypres
Ypres Eric von Falkenhayn who is the leader of the German army sent his fourth and sixth army to fight in Ypres. His army ended up having a nine day attack on Belgium. Belgium troops opened the gates of the dykes holding back the sea from the low countries in the war. The flood spread ten miles and showed why many troops moved. -
The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place
Zeppelin Raids Two Zeppelin airships bombarded Britain and killed 28 people. It hurt 60 people and was a deadly attack. They usually attacked in bad weather so that it was hard to see and easy to kill. In these bad weather situations, they couldn't see the target so they killed many civilians instead. -
The Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat
Lusitania This ship carried people and goods between the United States and Great Britain. It traveled through the Atlantic Ocean. On this day, the Captain couldn't go fast because of fog issues. A German U-boat spotted the boat and launched a torpedo at the ship and it lead for the boat to sink after several explosions. The boat sunk within 18 minutes and 1,198 people died on that tragic day. -
Start of the Battle of Verdun
VideoVerdun At this battle, 698,000 people lost their lives. This battle was a major one during World War I on the Western Front. It was fought between the German and the French armies on a hilly city named Verdun-sur-Meuse in France. 40 million artillery shells were exchanged, leaving millions of shells behind that are still some what visible. -
Battle of Jutland
Jutland The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet. Fourteen British and eleven German battleships were sunk. Both sides claimed victory but the British lost more ships and twice as many sailors. So battle wise the Germans won. -
Start of The Battle of Somme
WebsiteVideo 58,000 British troops passed away on the first day of the Battle of Somme. This makes a record for the most dead in one day. 27 divisions of men fought in this battle and 16 were German divisions. The bombs didn't hurt the German army or their ditches. While the bombs came, the machine guns of the German's were huge in the German's defense. -
USA declared war on Germany
Article President Wilson appeared before a talk with Congess asking for a declaration to make the world safe for democracy. Then Congress granted his request and they began war with Germany. Wilson wanted war because of Germany's renewal of submarine warfare and also Germany trying to ally with Mexico. This frustrated Wilson and that is why they went into war. -
Germany signed an armistice with Allies ending World War I
VideoArmistice This agreement ended the first World War. This day marked a victory for the allies and Germany with a defeat. They faced a defeat but not a surrender. The Germans were responding to Wilson's 14 points and it discussed hostality. It also discussed how the German submarines and warships would have to be gone.
