WW1 Time Line

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  • Revolution Overthrows Austria-Hungary Empire

    In March 1848, revolution erupted in Vienna, forcing Austria's Chancellor Klemens von Metternich to flee the capital. Unrest broke out in Hungary on March 15, when radicals and students stormed the Buda fortress to release political prisoners.

  • Germany Officially Unified

    Germany displayed incompatible contrasts, its economy forged ahead to make it the most advanced nation in Europe. WW1 put off resolving tensions between Catholics, Socialists, and Jews.

  • Triple Alliance

    The Triple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed on 20 May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War I. Germany and Austria-Hungary had been closely allied since 1879. Italy sought their support against France shortly after losing North African ambitions to the French. Each member promised mutual support in the event of an attack by any other great power. The treaty provided that Germany and Austria-Hungary were to assist Italy if it were attacked by F

  • Russo-Japenese War

    The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea.

  • Triple Entente is Formed

    The Triple Entente was the alliance linking the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente on August 31, 1907. France >
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    Triple Entente Triple Entente In 1882 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy formed the Triple Alliance. The three countries agreed to support each other if attacked by either France or Russia. France felt threatened by this alliance.

  • Austria Hungary Annexes Bosnia

    Dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary proclaims its annexation of Bosnia and Herzogovina and dual districts in the Balkon Region in Europe, previously controlled by the Ottoman Empire.

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand Is Assassinated

    Nephrw of Emperor Franz Josef is shot to death alongside his wife by a Serbian Nationalist in Sanajoro, Bosnia

  • Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia

    One month exactly after Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed, Austria-Hungary Proclaims war on Serbia, sparking the first World War.

  • The Ottoman-Germany Alliance is Formed

    In 1913, the Ottomans asked the Germans to assist in the development of a new military force, the Germans sent officer Liman von Sanders in reply. Sanders established the Ottoman I Corps in the city of Constantinople. An alliance with the Ottoman Empire during WW1 offered two strategic advantages to Germany. An Ottoman army could provide the Germans with additional troops for overseas deployment and the Ottoman Empire’s territory would allow the German army access to land routes into Africa.

  • Execution of Schlieffen Plan

    The Schlieffen Plan was created by General Count Alfred von Schlieffen in December 1905. The Schlieffen Plan was the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in response to international tension, had started to mobilise her forces near the German border. The execution of the Schlieffen Plan led to Britain declaring war on Germany on August 4th, 1914.

  • Battle of Marne

    Early September, the First Battle of the Marne was fought from north to east of Paris. This opened up opportunity for Anglo-French forces to change the hitherto victorious German advance.

  • Japan Declares War on Germany

    In the event-given Germany's inevitable rejection of the Japanese ultimatum, Japan declared war on Germany and seized control of Tsingtao in short order in early November 1914.

  • The Lusitania Sinks

    In 1915, The Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew.

  • Battle of Verdun

    From February 21 to December 19 the Battle of Verdun was developed from German General Erich's edict to derive a lot of bloodshed from French defense of the fortress complex in Verdun.

  • Vladimir Lenin Seizes Power in Russia

    Overthrown by the Bolsheviks led by Lenin. Lenin fought to overthrow the Russian government to pull them out of WWi.

  • Zimmerman Telegraph

    •The United States discovering the Zimmerman telegraph ended the neutrality of the United States and officially brought them into the war.

  • Bolsheviks Emerge as Political Group

    The Bolsheviks revolt in Russia. Led by Vladimir Lenin, a party leader advocate revolutionaries produce a close to bloodless coup d’État against Russia's hopeless Provisional Government.

  • Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Commences

    •Land around British islands were marked as war zones which the German navy all attacked affecting neutral countries. The most significant ship that was the Lusitania with passengers of 1,201 people. President Woodrow Wilson demanded a stop to the attacks but Germany continued to push. Bethmann Hollweg made an announcement before German government and announced that unrestricted submarine warfare would be intact.

  • Tsar Nicholas ii Abdicates

    •Riots began breaking out in Petrograd St Petersburg. Nicholas attempted to resolve issues but it had grown too late as the government began to resign. The Russian Assembly (Duma) called for an abdication. His brother refused the crown and his family was detained. In result of the chaos, prisoners were slaughtered after local authorities were to prevent a rescue. Years later, it was discovered that the bodies of Nicholas and his family were included in the burned remains.

  • U.S. Declaring War on Germany

    •President Woodrow Wilson asks congress to declare war on Germany on APRIL 2, 1917
    •U.S. declared war upon German Empire on APRIL 6, 1917
    •This brought the United States into World War 1 after years of being neutral because of intercepting the Zimmerman telegraph. In result they cut off any agreements because they broke terms that kept United States neutral.

  • France Loses Alsace and Lorraine to Germany

    French wanted to regain Alsace and Lorraine back from Franco-German war France previously lost to Germany, but France got it back after World War.

  • Fourteen Points Proposed

    President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed 14 points as a set up for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War 1

  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers, that ended Russia's participation in World War I. The treaty was signed at Brest-Litovsk, after two months of negotiations.

  • Battle of Somme

    The Battle of Somme was fought between July 1- November 1 near the Somme River in France. It was one of the bloodiest military battles. Just on the first day of the battle, British disadvantaged from 57,000 casualties.

  • Kaiser Wilhelm ii Abdicates

    Wilhelm's abdication was announced by Chancellor Prince Max von Baden in a 9 November 1918 proclamation-before Wilhelm had in fact consented to abdicate. Faced with a fait accompli Wilhelm formally abdicated and went into exile in Holland.

  • Treaty of Versailles is Signed

    The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919.

  • Germany Stops Reparation Payments to France

    By 1923, Germany had defaulted on its reparations so many times that France sent troops to occupy the Ruhr region in northern Germany to force them to pay. After printing money to pay off debt, Germany stops and the debt is paid 92 years later.

  • Stalin Takes Over Russia

    He subsequently managed to consolidate power following the 1924 death of Vladimir Lenin through suppressing Lenin's criticisms.