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Archduke of austria-hungary and wife pronounced dead.
Franz ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by serbin nalionalist, gavrilo princip. -
austria declared war on russia
one month to the day after archduke franz ferdinand of austria and his wife were killed. austria-hungary declares war on serbia effectively begining the first world war. -
France goes to war.
germany declared war on france and invaded belguim. germany had to implement the schlieeffen plan. france goes to war with germany and austria after they both threaten its allies. -
britian declared war on germany.
britian thought it was good to help france after hearing what germany was doing to britians allies. -
british expeditionary force.
russian army defeated at tannenburg and masurlan lakes. germany began its invasion. -
turkey goes to war.
turkey enter on the war on germanys side, trench welfare started to dominate the western front. -
britian bombarded turkey
britian bombarded turkish forts in the dardanelles. -
campaign, allied troops landed in gallipoli
from the begining of WW1 in 1914, men from australia wolunteered to fight for their country, the first major fight that they had to face was the gallipoli battle, this became known as the faiked gallipoli campaign where both australia and new zealand fought under the ANZAC name, this was all about bringing germany down. -
Lusitania
the lustania sailed on may 1st 1915 from new york bound for liverpool. the sinking of the lustania was thought to have made a major impact on america and WW1. many people died. -
the italian front
italy declared war on germany and austria. -
troops leave gallipoli
The allies started the evacuation of gallipoli. -
conscription introduced britian
the government saw no alternative but to increase numbers by conscription. in march 1916 the military service act was passed, this imposed conscription on all single ment aged between 18-41 -
battle of the somme
the troops travelled to somme where they began the battle. on the first day 58,000 men were killed. -
tanks of somme
this was the first time that tanks had ever been used in history. They used the tanks againsest the germans. -
USA
US declared war on germany. -
Ypres
start of the third battle of ypres. -
allies
Germany was planning the attack britian, france, serbia and their alliances. The allies all knew there was going to be a german, britian and france attack. brits made their way to the coast to prepare themselves for the attack. while the french did the same, -
germany asks allies to sign the armistice.
germany wanted its allies to sign the armistice to end the war. -
Turkey made peace
The turkish decided to withdraw and make eace with all the countires again. -
Austria-Hungary make peace
after hearing that turkey withdrawn austria knew they couldnt continue fighting because of its allies to help surrport it and therefore austria-hungary would lose. -
End of world war 1
germany signed the armistice with its allies. The offcial date of the end of world war one.
