ww1 timeline

By ham97
  • first shots of ww1

    first shots of ww1

    In June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assasinated
  • austria declares war on Serbia

    austria declares war on Serbia

    Because of an assasination
  • Germany gets involved

    Germany gets involved

    Germany invades Belgium with the sclieffen plan
  • battle of Tannenberg

    battle of Tannenberg

    Russians surrender
  • battle of the Marne

    battle of the Marne

    Lasted four days 6-10
  • battle of Verdun

    battle of Verdun

    Longest and bloodiest battles of the war
  • Lusitania

    Lusitania

    A British ocean liner is sunk by a German u boat.
  • battle of Jutland

    battle of Jutland

    British and Germans fought a naval battle
  • battle of the Somme

    battle of the Somme

    58000 men died on the first day
  • The United States declares war

    The United States declares war

    Germans continued unrestricted submarine warfare so the US didnt have a choice.
  • Russia withdraws

    Russia withdraws

    do to a revolt
  • Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders

    German sailors commit mutiny against German authority the same day that germany surenders