WW1 at a glance

By 26trostlee

  • Assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, this is the first war of WW1

  • The first battle of Ypres is fought

  • Gallipoli campaign begins

  • Germany sinks the British owned lusitania

  • The battle of the somme

  • The United States enters the war

  • Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany

  • US signs the Armistice

  • Peace conference begins at paris

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