WW1 Timeline By gavinryan 1871 Germany becomes unified 1881 Formed the Three Emperor's Alliance 1894 France allies with Russia 1904 Russia's Trans-Siberian Railroad is completed 1904 U.S. took control of investments in Latin America 1904 Russian-Japanese war starts 1905 Russian-Japanese war ends 1907 Triple Entente Formed 1910 Korea became a Japanese Colony 1912 Russia supports in the Balkan War 1913 Germany passes Britain in Industrial power 1913 Russia continues to support in the Balkan Wars 1914 World War 1 Starts 1914 Serbian nationalism led to the murder of the Austro-Hungarian throne 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia 1915 Germany experiments with new technology 1915 The U.S. joins allied forces near the end of the war 1916 Germany attacks the town of Verdun 1917 U.S. Enters the war 1917 Planes came into play 1917 Russia withdraws from the war 1918 WW1 Ends 1918 Germany signs an armistice 1919 Treaties with Austria 1919 Treaties are made with Germany 1919 Treaties were made with Bulgaria 1920 Treaties with Hungary were made 1920 Treaties with Turkey were made 1922 Armenia goes through a genocide