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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinad
Archduke and and his wife was assaninated on this date at Sarajavo by a 19 year old assasin named Garvillo .This event was known to be the beggining of World War I. -
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Germany Vs. France
Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan. -
italy declares war on Germany & Austria
Despite the shortage of artillery Cadorna launched mass attacks on Austria-Hungary in May 1915. The defending army quickly built trenches and the Italians suffered heavy casualties. In the first two weeks of the Isonzo Offensive, the Italian Army lost 60,000 men. By the time the attacks were called off that winter, Italian casualties had reached 300,000. -
Start of the battle of Loos
he Loos offensive began on 25 September following a four day artillery bombardment in which 250,000 shells were fired, and was called off in failure on 28 September. Presided over by Douglas Haig, the British committed six divisions to the attack. Haig was persuaded to launch the Loos offensive despite serious misgivings. -
British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia
n the single largest surrender of troops in British history to that time, some 13,000 soldiers under the command of Sir Charles Townshend give in on April 29, 1916, after withstanding nearly five months under siege by Turkish and German forces at the town of Kut-al-Amara, on the Tigris River in the Basra province of Mesopotamia -
Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister
n 1915 he was appointed minister of munitions in Asquith's wartime coalition government. In July 1916 he became secretary of state for war, but was increasingly critical of Asquith. In December 1916, with the support of the Conservative and Labour leaders, he replaced Asquith as prime minister -
USA declared war on Germany
At 8:30 on the evening of April 2, 1917, President Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germany in order to "make the world safe for democracy." On April 4, Congress granted Wilson's request. -
Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front
Ludendorff Offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during World War I, which marked the deepest advances by either side since 1914. -
Germany asked the Allies for an armistice
they made this descision based on woodrow wilson's "fourteen points". This would hepl bring WWI to a final end -
End of WWI
Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War I
