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WW1 Begins/Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
The Start of one of the bloodyest wars known to man.
WW1 started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria go assasinated while in Serbia. -
The Schlieffen Plan
The Schljeffen Plan was a war stratagy used in WW1 by the Germans. The Plan was to invade France from the north by traveling into Belgium in order to avoid the Western Front. The plan was practically impossible as train timetables and other factors would interupt the arrival of the soldiers. -
Germany defeats the Belgium town of Liège
On the 7th of August Germany defeated the town of Liège.
This was the first town to be defeated during the Schleiffen plan. -
Germany takes over the city of Mons
on the 24th of August the German army progressed further into Belgium and take over the city of Mons -
Germany takes over the city of Namur
On the 25th of August the German army took the cityof Namur from Belgium. -
The invasion into France
Finally the German armys had reached the French border with Belgium. On the 25th of August they first entered France and the invasion had begun. The German army entered France from the north, using the city of Mons. -
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The Battle of the river Marne.
The Germans managed to retreat the french for 200 miles until the British arived and aided the French. This was the first real battle between the French and the Germans. In the end the French and British managed to drive the Germans back to the Belgium border where they both built trenches -
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The Raace to the Sea
The race to the sea was a series of flanking attempts that France and Germany continously made to try to get around eachother. The race started in the city of Champagne and continoued into citys such as Picardy, Artois and Flanders but none of these attempts were sucsessful and the both just ended up at the North Sea. The race was ended by the Allied victory in the 1st battle of Ypres and the battle of Yser -
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1st battle of Aisne
The first battle over a river called Aisne started on the 13th of September and ended on the 28th of september.
This battle marked the beginning of the Race to the Sea -
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The 1st Battle of Picardy
The firat battle of Pivardy is a battle in the Race to the Sea. -
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The Battle of Albert
The battle of Albert took place in the city of Sommoe, Albert. It was part of the race to the Sea -
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The First Battle of Artois
The first battle of Artios took place in Artios, France. And like many of the battles in the race to the sea it ended in a stalemate. -
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The Battle of Yser
This battle was part of the race to the sea.
This battle was to be won by the Allied Forces and allowed Belgium to retake part of their land. -
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The 1st battle of Ypres
The battle of Ypres was fought over by both sides. France managed to succure the city and the battle was halted until the winter had past. -
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The second Battle of Ypres
The second battle of Ypres was fought over once again once the winter had past. The battle was the first time that the Germans decided to try and use poison gas to their advantage. In the end the battle ended in a stalemate.
In the battle there were 95,000 deaths. 37% were German and 63% were British/French -
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The Battle of Verdun
The battle of Verdun is more commonly known as the bloody battle. 400,000 Men died from the Allies and then 350,000 from the Germans This was the highest in the entire war. It was also the biggest battle in the entire war. The battle was won by the Allies after the plans of building forts surounding the city. -
The battle of Sommoe
The battle of Somme was thought to be the big rebuttal that France needed and was hoped to end the war. It was to be fought over a 7 day bombardment. The first bombardment on the 1st of July was a failure and 20,000 Britain soldiers died and nearly 40,000 captured or injured. Although it failed to drive Germans back it did convince them that they didn’t want another bombardment from Somme. -
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The Battle of Arras
The battle to retake Arras was successful by the British and had the highest causalities per day, killing 4,070 men per day. This was the highest in the war. -
3rd Battle of Ypres
The third battle of Ypres ended on the 6th of November and ended with the Allies retaking Ypres -
The Black day of the German Army
On the 8th of August the German army was forced to retreat all the way back to Mons. This was the end for the German army and both sides knew it -
Peace at Last
Germany admitted defeat in late October and on the 11th of November at 11 am, the guns were dropped and peace was declared. Germany had lost
