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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot in Sarajevo. With Serbian military officers behind the attack, their motives of the movement Young Bosnia were present. -
Battle of Tannenberg
The Russian army marched into Prussia. However, Russian supplies were not transported to their soldiers because of transportation problems. The Germans used the railroads to surround the Russian army. Thousands of Russian soldiers were killed, and 125,000 were taken captive. Although the Germans won the battle, 13,000 men were killed. -
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill, critical of the Dardenelles campaign, resigned his post as First Lord of the Admiralty. He rejoined the army as a battalion commander. -
Second Battle of Ypres
In this battle, poison gas was used for the first time. The Germans released the gas onto the British and many lives were lost. -
Lusitania Sunk
The Germans were outraged by American protests against the German U-Boat campaign, so they sunk the Lusitania, which had many American passengers aboard. -
Battle of Jutland
The only truly large-scale naval battle of the war. German ships did a great deal of damage to British ships before withdrawing. British losses were heavier, and the battle had alarmed both the Kaiser and the German Admiral Scheer and they decided to keep their fleet consigned to harbour for the remainder of the war. -
First aeroplane raid
The first German air raid on London took place. The Germans hoped that by making raids on London and the South East, the British Air Force would be forced into protecting the home front rather than attacking the German air force. -
German U-Boat Campaign
In Germany, orders were given to step up the U-boat campaign. All allied or neutral ships were to be sunk on sight and in one month almost a million tons of shipping was sunk. Neutral countries became reluctant to ship goods to Britain and Lloyd George ordered all ships carrying provisions to Britain to be given a convoy. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Russians signed an Armistice with Germany at Brest-Litovsk. Russia had to surrender Poland, the Ukraine and other regions. They had to stop all Socialist propaganda directed at Germany and pay 300 million roubles for the repatriation of Russian prisoners. -
End of the War
There was more manpower in the Allies, and Germany agreed to a truce, which ed to the surrender of the Central Powers. At 11 AM, in the French town of Rodonthes, the Armistice was signed.
