WWI Timeline

By NEL98

  • The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    The day that Austria-Hungary's archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie we assassinated by 19-year-old Serbian Nationalist Gavrilo Prinicip. This was important because later Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.

  • Serbia and Austria-Hungary go to war

    This is the day that Serbia and Austria-Hungary declared war on eachother. This is important because this det of a chain reaction starting WWI.

  • The Schlieffen Plan

    The German government put General Alfred Graf von Schlieffen in charge of a military plan. He developed the Schlieffen plan. This was important because it said that Germany would be defeating two different opposing countries if war broke out.

  • The Allies attack the Germans

    On this date, the Allied powers attacked the Germans northeast of France. This is important because this attack lead to the German being pushed back nearly 60 miles from their original position.

  • The Battle of Limanowa

    In this month, Austria defeated Russia in the 17-day battle that took place near Limanowa. This is important because this battle was when Austria pushed Russia out of Austria-Hungary.

  • The Gallipoli Campaign

    On this date, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and France all sent troops to attack the Gallipoli Peninnsula. The Turkish defended the Penninsula. It became a bloody stalemate which lasted for the rest of that year, and resuted in 250,000 deaths.

  • The Battle of Verdun

    This was when Germany launched an attack of France, near Verdun. Both side lost more than 300,000 men.

  • The Battle of Somme

    The British Army tried to relieve some of the pressure on France. They attacked Germany in the valley of Somme. In the first day of that battle alone, the British lost more than 20,000 men.

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    Britain intercepted and deciphered a telegraph from Author Zimmerman to Mexico. The message said that if Mexico joined Germany's side in the war that they would offer them the land that was taken from them that was located in the U.S.

  • Woodrow WIlson declares war

    Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany, This was when the United States entered WWI.

  • The Decree on Peace

    This was a document that said that all people who are in war shall be brought to peace.

  • The Battle of Marne

    This battle was lead by 350 tanks swooping through enemy lines. The allied forces slowly pushed through to Germany during this battle.

  • The end of WWI

    On this date, the Great War came to an end.

  • The Treaty of Versailles

    On this date, the Allied powers and Germany signed a peace treaty, exactly five years after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.