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The Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferinand
June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary in Sarajevo -
Austria declared war on Serbia
The Austrian government blamed the Serbian government for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife and declared war on Serbia. Although Russia was allied with Serbia, Germany did not believe that she would mobilise and offered to support Austria if necessary. -
Britain declared war on Germany
Germany invades Belgium -
Battle of Tannenberg
The Russian army marched into Prussia. However, because of the differences in railway gauge between Russia and Prussia it was difficult for the Russians to get supplies through to their men. The Germans, on the other hand, used their railway system to surround the Russian Second army at Tannenberg before it's commander could realise what was happening. The ensuing battle was a heavy defeat for the Russians with thousands of men killed and 125,000 taken prisoner. -
City Of Rheims
German Army takes French city of Rheims -
The Battle of Verdun
one of the longerst battles in WWI.
The casualties from Verdun and the impact the battle had on the French Army was a primary reason for the British starting the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 in an effort to take German pressure off of the French at Verdun -
The Battle of the Somme
Lasted Until November 1916.For many people, the Battle of the Somme was the battle that symbolised the horrors of warfare in World War One; this one battle had a marked effect on overall casualty figures and seemed to epitomise the futility of trench warfare. -
The Launch Of France
France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk brought about the end of the war between Russia and Germany in 1918. The German were reminded of the harshness of Brest-Litovsk when they complained about the severity of the Treaty of Versailles signed in June 1919 -
Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip (1895-1918) was a Serbian nationalist who became the catalyst for World War I when he assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The murder started a chain reaction that led to the beginning of the war only one month later -
Armistice
Germany asked the Allies for an armistice -
The End Of WWI
Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One. -
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George was the major British politician present at the Treaty of Versailles and while at Versailles it was Lloyd George who tried to play the middle role between the total retribution of George Clemenceau and the seemingly mild rebuke of America’s Woodrow Wilson
