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Spark of the War
The spark of the was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand on June 28, 1914.Francis and his wife were shot by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during their visit to the Bosnian capital. -
Austria - Hungary declares war
Month after the assassination of Ferdinand Austria - Hungary declares on Serbia. The people of Serbia and Austria - Hungary had been in conflict of power for along time. Serbia was an independent country but Austria- Hungary had been wanting to gain control over them. Serbia was afraid of Austria-Hungary and many of the other powers surrounding them. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Britain and Germany were going at it but Britain called for time to solve the crisis but. Russia was scared that Germany would not restrain. So Russia began to mobilize on land and sea because of these actions.Germany decides to declare war on Russia. -
The Battle of Mons
British Expeditionary Force under the command of Sir John French was try to meet up with the French commander Lanrezac. But came in counter with German troops. The BEF planned to attack them German troops but decide to defend themselves inst -
A New Type of War
On this date trench warfare it is a system of trenches protect by artillery such as mounted machineguns.The trenches protect the soldiers from hand held weapons and any other small armies. Trenchwafare was also none as a stalemate because it kept troops from advancing. -
The First Battle of the Marne
It was 30 miles away from Paris,the French were waiting to ambush the German troops coming up the river. British troops helped in the aid of the attack which was, successful. This cause war helped create trench warfare. -
Fourth Army
Archduke Josef Ferdinand started as an infantry general for the Third Army’s XIV corps under General Bruderman who later became commander of the First Army. Because of this Ferdinand became commander of the Fourth Army after the horrible performance by them and the Third Army at the battles of Zlota. -
Christmas truce
Through trenches exposed the troops to cold weather and horrible temperatures the sides agreed to spend the Christmas day without war. They put down their weapons some of the troops even shared their beer with the other side. The Christmas spirit was shown throughout both trenches. -
Battle of Lutsk
General Archduke Josef Ferdinand and his army the “Black-Yellow” defended the town of Lustk. But General Ferdinand beliefs in his defense were much stronger then his defense.So the Russian army took the town unde the command of General Alexei Kaledin. -
The secret message
Germany sent a secret message through the Zimmerman Telegram to the mexico Ambassorter Heinrich Von Eckhardt. But it was intercepted by British troops it revealed Germany's plan to restart submarine warfare. Also their efforts to get Mexico to give them some of their territory and turn on the U.S. -
14 points
President Wilson presented a speech to congress which was called the Fourteen Points. Wilson was trying to end WWI peacefully and was trying to establish guides to keep another war from happening. It also called for a League of Nations which would be a group of leader from each nation and the group world try to solve problems peacefully. -
Imperial air forces
After his removal from the command of the Fourth Army in July he was put in command of the Imperial Air Forces after he had proposed his ballooning ideas at first. He was told that he would not be put in command but was any why an leaded the forces tell September 3, 1918. -
Treaty of Versailles
It was the document that officially ended the war and put the blame on Germany.But Germany was not allowed to attend the signing of the document.Many believe this was the spark to WW2. -
From a General to a commoner
After the war he settled in Vienna and became a ordinary man and on May 2,1921 he married Rosa Kaltenbrunner. Until she died in 1928 he later remarried on January 27, 1929.He and his wife had two children. -
Imprisonment then Death
The German Army attack Vienna and imprisoned 70,000 Viennese he was questioned and later sent to Dachau concentration camp. He was released after three months became very ill and never recovered from it. After being released he lived in isolation under watch by the Gestapo,tell his death on August 28, 1942.
