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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
A Serbian terrorist group, called The Black Hand, had decided to assassinated Franz Ferdinand. they shot the Archduke and his wife and they both died on the same day.
The Austrian government blamed the Serbian government for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife and declared war on Serbia. -
Battle of Tannenberg
The Russian army marched into Prussia. The Russians was defeat with thousands of men killed and 125,000 taken prisoner. Although the Germans won the battle, 13,000 men were killed. -
Battle of Masurian Lakes
Having defeated the Russian Second army, the Germans turned their attention to the Russian First army at Masurian Lakes. Although the Germans were unable to defeat the army completely, over 100,000 Russians were taken prisoner. -
the battle of gallipoli
The Battle of Gallipoli took place on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli in World War I, in 1915. A combined Allied operation was mounted in order to eventually capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople. The attempt failed, and an estimated 500,000 soldiers were killed, divided about equally between the Allied forces and the Turkish army. -
Battle of Verdun
The Germans planed a attack on the French at Verdun. Although the fighting continued for nine months, either side won. both sides suffered a huge lost with the Germans losing 430,000 men and the French 540,000. -
Battle of Jutland
This was a big naval battle of the war. German forces and British naval blockade try to split the British fleet and destroying it ship by ship. However, the British admiral was aware of the German plan and sent a smaller force to lure the German's into the range of Admiral Jellicoe's main troop. Although this idea worked, the exchange of fire was brief and the German's withdrew. -
Battle of the Somme
The battle lasted five month long and ended with the deaths of 420,000 British soldiers , 200,000 French soldiers and 500,000 German soldiers. -
German U-boat campaign
In the early 1917, in Germany, the U-boat campaign were taken action. All allied or neutral ships were to be sunk on sight and in one month almost a million tons of shipping was sunk. Neutral countries became unwilling to ship goods to Britain. -
Battle of Amiens
The British general, Haig, ordered the attack of the German sector at Amiens. At the same time the news came through that the allies had broken through from Salonika and forced Bulgaria to sue for peace. -
Armistice signed
At 11 am, in the French town of Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing the war to an end.
