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A Serbian nationalist murdered and Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.
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German troops invade Belgium.
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Britain declares war on Germany. Australia joins in because their part of the British Empire.
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Australian military expedition takes control of German New Guinea.
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Britain declares war on the Ottoman Empire. Ottomans had also become the ally of Germany.
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HMAS Sydney, an Australian light cruiser. sinks German raider SMS Emden near the Cocos Islands. .
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ANZAC - Australian and New Zealand Army Corps was formed. The Aussies and the Kiwis join forces in Egypt.
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Winston Churchill made a strategy to force out the Ottoman Empire. The plan was to attack Constantinople coming from the sea.
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An Angelo French fleet attacked Ottoman forts. The done little damage but the Ottomans were still weakened and vunerable.
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Battleships, cruisers and destroyers were sent to break open the straits at its narrowest point.
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All these had sailed up the straits but took heavy shelling. Three of the ships sunk, three put out of action and the fleet was withdrawn.
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Australian and British Empire troops attempt to threaten the Ottoman Empire on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
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RMS, Lusitania, the passenger liner, is sunk by a German submarine that caused worldwide mayhem.
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John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his donkey's fame is killed in Gallipoli.
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Edith Cavell is executed in Belgium by a German firing squad and features German propaganda in Britan and Australia.
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Billy Hughes replaces Andrew Fisher as Labor Leader and Prime Minister.
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On both sides of this war, there were many casualties. Over 400,00 people took place in this campaign. Through the time period December 19, 1915 - January 9, 1916, that's when they had evacuated the troops from the Anzac Cove, Suvla, and Helles.
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The Gallipoli campaign ends with Britan Empire forces evacuting.
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Australian Soldiers fight on the Western Front.
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A pro-conscriptional proposal from Billy Hughes is rejected in a referendum.
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The United States of America declares war on Germany.
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The famous cavalry charge at the Battle of Beersheba near Gaza was carried out by the Australian Lighthorse.
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Germany lauches an offensive spring to gain victory on the Western Front.
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Germany collapse at the Western Front. Australians are important in the fighting.
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After the resignation of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany agrees to stop hte acts of warfare.
