WWI

By cgehrin

  • Archduke is assassinated

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated

  • Austria Hungary vs. Serbia

    The emperor of Austria-Hungary decaled war on Serbia

  • Russia mobilzes

    Since Russia and Serbia are allies, Russia mobilized forces to help Serbia against Austria Hungary

  • Germany declared war on Russia

  • Germany declared war on France

  • Britain declared war on Germany

    Britain didn't like that Germany went for Belgium

  • Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia

    It's about time

  • Battle of the Fronteirs

    Lots of dead French people

  • Battle of Tennenburgh

    Germany's greatest victory in the entire war

  • First Western Front Trenches are dug

  • Germany declared war on Belgium

    It's part of a plan to take down France

  • Unofficial Christmas Truce

    The soldiers of the Western front stopped fighting on Christmas day, although none of them had to verbally agree to it

  • Total War begins

  • Germany blockades England

    Any ship that comes near can and will be shot down

  • Allies fight for Turkish Penninsula

    9 month battle in Gallipoli

  • Lusitania is sank

    German U-boat sinks British liner

  • Germany goes on a U.S. ship sinking rampage

    Without warning, Germany sunk many U.S. ships because the U.S. was angry with them for sinkning the Lusitania.

  • First Battle of the Marne

    Germany is temporarily unable to invade France

  • Tsar Nicholas takes control of Russian troops

  • British gas backfires

    The British tried to use poison gas, but winds caused the gas to back fire and kill over 60,000 Brititsh soldiers. Moral of the story, do not attempt to kill anyone with poison gas on a windy day. Wait instead for a still day.

  • Allies withdraw from Gallipoli

  • Battle of Verdun

    longest battle in WWI (one month shy of a year)

  • Wilson warns Germany to stop sinking American ships

  • Battle of Jutland

    only naval battle and with no apparent winner

  • Battle of the Somme

    in this war, the British introduced the tank

  • President Wilson is re-elected

  • Zimmerman Note intercepted

    Telegram from Germay to Mexico is found by the British. The telegram urged Mexico to join the war against the U.S.

  • Germany declares unrestricted submarine warfare

    Again? Seriously?

  • Selective Service Act passes by U.S.

  • The AEF lands in France

    American Expeditionary Force

  • Lenin leads an overthrow of government

  • Russia signs an armistice with Germany

  • British take Jerusalem from the Turks

  • President Wilson presents his 14 points

    He believed that they were the way to achieve lasting world peace

  • America stops German forces on the Marne

  • The Turks sign an armistice

  • War ends

    At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the war ends as Germany and Allies sign an Armistice. How stylsish.

  • President Wilson goes to the Paris Peace conference

  • The Allies secretly agree ton intervene in Russia

    don't tell Russia

  • The Treaty of Versailles is signed