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Allied forces halt German advance into France during First Battle of the Marne.
1906 he became a general of infantry and in 1913 an inspector general. ... Kluck almost succeeded in reaching Paris but was defeated only 13 miles from the city by Anglo-French forces in the First Battle of the Marne, Sept. 6–9, 1914. By October 1914 the German advance had been halted and trench warfare had begun. -
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated.
The political objective of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary's South Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Yugoslavia. The conspirators' motives were consistent with the movement that later became known as Young Bosnia. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War. -
Germany invades
German troops overran Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France in six weeks starting in May 1940. France signed an armistice in late June 1940, leaving Great Britain as the only country fighting Nazi Germany. -
Austria-Hungary invades Russia.
Austria-Hungary deemed Serbia to be deserving of punishment for the assassination. Although Russia had no formal treaty obligation to Serbia, it wanted to control the Balkans, and had a long-term perspective toward gaining a military advantage over Germany and Austria-Hungary. -
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WW1
World War I or the First World War, often abbreviated as WWI or WW1, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. -
Germany begins naval blockade of Great Britain.
The British—with their overwhelming sea power—established a naval blockade of Germany immediately on the outbreak of war in August 1914, issuing a comprehensive list of contraband that all but prohibited American trade with the Central powers. -
German submarine
German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania during crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, killing 128 Americans. -
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Italy joined the allies because of the treaty of London and it wanted territory on the order of Austria-Hungary. Italy was forced to attack Austria-Hungary. ... Italy signed the treaty of London, Committing itself to enter WWI on the side of the allies on April 26, 1915. Italy Is Looking For support against France. -
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armenian genocide
The Armenian Genocide was the systematic mass murder and ethnic cleansing of around one million ethnic Armenians from the Armenian Highlands and adjoining regions by the Ottoman Empire and its ruling party, the Committee of Union and Progress, during World War I. -
Germany begins the attack on Verdun.
On June 1st, Germany launched a massive attack at Verdun. By June 23rd, they got within 2.5 miles from Verdun itself – but this attack faltered as the German army itself had given all that it had and it could give no more. -
Allied offensive begins the Battle of the Somme.
The Battle of the Somme, which took place from July to November 1916, began as an Allied offensive against German forces on the Western Front and turned into one of the most bitter and costly battles of World War I. -
Battle of Verdun ends
The massive loss of life at Verdun—143,000 German dead out of 337,000 casualties, to France's 162,440 out of 377,231—would come to symbolize, more than that of any other battle, the bloody nature of trench warfare on the Western Front. -
Naval Battle of Jutland
Battle of Jutland, also called Battle of the Skagerrak, (May 31–June 1, 1916), 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 (Denmark). -
The United States declares war on Germany.
On December 11, 1941, the United States Congress declared war upon Germany ( Pub. L. ... 796), hours after Germany declared war on the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan. The vote was 88–0 in the Senate and 393–0 in the House. -
Germany returns to unrestricted submarine warfare halted after the sinking of the Lusitania.
This 'unrestricted submarine warfare' angered neutral countries, especially the United States. The tactic was abandoned on 1 September 1915, following the loss of American lives in the torpedoed liners Lusitania and Arabic. -
United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.
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 combat forces arrive in France.
On 26th June 1917, the first 14,000 American soldiers began arriving at the port of St Nazaire in France. Their arrival had been kept a secret to further guard against German intervention, but it did not take long for the local French population to begin cheering them through the streets. -
ussia signs armistice with Germany.
On 15 December [O.S. 2 December] 1917, an armistice was signed between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on the one side and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire—the Central Powers—on the other. -
General John J. Pershing, newly selected commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, arrives in England with his staff.
On June 13, 1917, a little more than two months after the United States entered World War I, Gen. John J. Pershing arrived in France with his staff to establish American forces in Europe. Although not the first Americans to arrive, Pershing's presence served as an important symbol to the British and French. -
President Woodrow Wilson presents to Congress his outline of Fourteen Points required for peace.
Wilson wanted the end of the war to bring out lasting peace for the world. He gathered together a number of advisors and had them put together a plan for peace. This plan became the Fourteen Points. The main purpose of the Fourteen Points was to outline a strategy for ending the war. -
Germany signs the Armistice at Compiègne, ending World War I.
Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies on November 11, 1918.