WWI

  • assassination of rasputin

    assassination of rasputin

    Grigori yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian mystic and self proclaimed holy man.
  • The schlieffen plan

    The schlieffen plan

    The Schlieffen plan is a name given after the first world war to German war plans.
  • Battle of tannenberg

    Battle of tannenberg

    Also known as second battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany. the battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian second army.
  • Austria-Hungary declares war on serbia

    Austria-Hungary declares war on serbia

    A month after the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, the Austro- Hungarian government declares war.
  • Battle of masurian lakes

    Battle of masurian lakes

    German offensive in the eastern front 2-16 September 1914 during the second month of world war I, it took place only days after the battle of Tannenberg.
  • Battle of gallipoli

    Battle of gallipoli

    A military campaign in the first world war that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula.
  • Sinking of the lusitania

    Sinking of the lusitania

    the Lusitania was a British- registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an imperial German navy U-boat during the first world war.
  • Battle of verdun

    Battle of verdun

    battle of Verdun was fought from February 21st to December 18th, 1916 on the western front in France. the battle was the longest of the first world war.
  • The Zimmerman telegram

    The Zimmerman telegram

    British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German foreign minister Arthur Zimmerman to German minister to Mexico. the telegram was considered the greatest intelligence coup of world war I.
  • Pandemic of 1918

    Pandemic of 1918

    Also known as the great influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer of the Spanish flu was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic.
  • The treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    The treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    A separate peace treaty signed on march 3rd 1918, between Russia and the central powers, that ended Russia's participation in wwI.
  • Second battle of the marne

    Second battle of the marne

    The last major German offensive on the western front during the first world war.
  • armistice

    armistice

    Formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. not necessary the end of the war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace.
  • Paris peace conference

    Paris peace conference

    Formal meeting in 1919 to 1920 of the victorious allies after the end of the world war I to set peace.
  • League of nations

    League of nations

    The first worldwide intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.