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World War One

By Billie.Haifa

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • Germany declares war on France

  • United Kingdom declares war on Germany, after Germany invades Belgium

  • The first battle of Marne begins

  • Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain

  • The Battle of Gallipoli begins

    The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16, also known as the Battle of Gallipoli or the Dardanelles Campaign, was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia during World War 1.The campaign was one of the greatest Ottoman victories during the war and a major Allied failure.It remains the most significant commemoration of military casualties in Australia and New Zealand. (ANZAC)

  • The battle of Verdun begins

  • Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico

  • United States declares war on Germany

  • The battle of Passchendaele (also known as The Third Battle of Ypres) begins

  • U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues his Fourteen Points to peace.

  • Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, which is a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers.

  • Germany launches the Spring Offensive.

  • German flying ace, Baron Manfred von Richthofen (more commonly known as the Red Baron), is shot down.

  • Germany signs the armistice at Compiegne, France. Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

  • The second battle of Marne begins

  • The Second Battle of the Marne begins.

  • German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees Germany.

  • The Treaty of Versailles officially ends World War 1.