World War I

By Taka_M_chiro

  • Assasination of Archudke Francis Ferdinand

    As he was going through a motorcade. Francis Ferdinand and his wife were shot by a young boy named Gavrilo Princip.
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    World War 1 Timeline

  • Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    After the assasination of Franz Ferdinand, Emperor Joseph of Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. This causes other nations to join in due to their treaties with nations that were declared war on.

  • Germany declares a submarine blockade of Great Britain

    Germany declares a submarine blockade of Great Britain. This cuases 128 Americans to die due to the sinking of a ship.

  • German U-boats sink the Lusitania

    Kills 1,198 civilians wich included 128 americans. This was one reason why America Joined in the war with the allies.

  • British Army starts using Gas In battle

    At the battle in Loos, the British start using gas as a military weapon. But a shift in wind caused 60,000 British casualties. In this order was the type of gases they used. (Chlorine yellow gas, green gas, then Mustard gas.

  • Battle of Verdun

    The longest battle of the war. Was estimated to have about a million casualties. It was fought on the western front between German and French armies. Ended on the 18th of December

  • Presdient Wilson ask Congress for declaration of war against Germany

    Wilson demanded an apology from Germany and stayed his neutral course as long as possible. Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, however, was an intolerable affront to America's dignity and honor. At the start of 1917, British intelligence intercepted the Zimmermann telegram, a secret German communication to Mexico promising United States territory to Mexico in return for supporting the German cause. On April 2, 1917, Wilson finally asked Congress for a formal declaration of war

  • Battle of Caporetto

    The Italian Army was heavily defeated. Italian army had gained victory to a lot of battles, but those battles were not decisive of the war. At the battle of Caporetto, they lost a lot of equipment, and were taken prisoner.

  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk brought about the end of the war between Russia and Germany in 1918. Was made so that war would end, and so that Bolsheviks could concentrate on the work they needed to do in Russia itself.

  • Germany signed an armistice with the Allies

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