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the assasanation of archduke ferdinand and his wife on June 28th 1914, in Sarajevo Bosnia. This event had been triggered by a man named gavrillo princip this young man was a 19 yr old bosnian serbian who wanted to seek an end to Austria-Hungary this all lead on to the world war. -
Austria-hungary's declaration of war on Serbia acted as the trigger for WW1, but the complex network of alliances, defence agreements, and rising nationalist tensions in Europe escalated the situation from regional dispute to a widespread conflict. Within days, the war expanded across Europe had involved major powers such as Germany,France,Russia, and Britain, eventually leading to a global war that would continue until 1921 -
Germany wanted to avoid French fortifications along the Germany border. the troops had to cross Belgium and attack the French Army by the north. Of course, Belgians refused to let them through, so the Germans decided to enter by force and invaded Belgium on Aug. 4, 1914. -
The 1914 campaign had ended in a stalemate in both the east and west. The German plan of a swift overthrow of France, to be followed by an unhurried reckoning with Russia, had miscarried. After less than a year of war, Germany’s Austro-Hungarian allies were already perilously near to breaking under the strain. -
At dawn on April 25th 1915. Allied troops landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in Ottoman Turkey. The Gallipoli campaign was the land-based element of a strategy intended to allow Allied ships to pass through the Dardanelles, capture Constantinople (now Istanbul) and ultimately knock Ottoman Turkey out of the war. -
The Treaty of London was signed on 26 April 1915 and Italy declared war against Austria-Hungary on 23 May 1915. Salandra boasted that the Pact of London was "the greatest, if not the first completely spontaneous act of foreign policy executed by Italy since the Risorgimento. -
the battle began, with a massive artillery bombardment and a steady advance by troops of the German Fifth Army under Crown Prince Wilhelm. Five days into the battle, German forces captured Fort Douaumont, the largest and highest of the 19 forts protecting Verdun. -
the only major encounter between the main British and German battle fleets in World War I, fought near the Skagerrak, an arm of the North Sea, about 60 miles (97 km) off the west coast of Jutland
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14 British divisions attacked. In most cases they were unable to keep up with the barrage that was supposed to take them through to the German trenches. This gave the Germans time to scramble out of their dugouts, man their trenches and open fire. -
U.S.-German relations were terminated in 1917 during World War I, and the United States declared war on Germany. Relations were reestablished in 1921 but were severed again in 1941 during World War II when Nazi Germany declared war on the United States. -
American president Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany. Until that day, the United States had remained neutral. The declaration of war was a response to the submarine war that Germany had been waging on its enemies since January 1917. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: A photo of the signing of armistice between Russia and Germany on March 3rd 1918 The treaty marked Russia's final withdrawal from World War I and resulted in Russia losing major territorial holdings. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers -
The truce, or Armistice, would start on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, November 1918. The Armistice was signed at 5:00 a.m. by Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch, along with other Allies and Germany, inside of Foch's private railway car at Compagnie, France. -
even though america signed with germany and austria and hungary they all eventually found peace leaving germany to sign the treaty of varsille