World War 1

Assassination of archduke ferdinand

Jun 28, 1914

Beginning of WWI

WWI

Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Jun 28, 1919

Great Britain declares war on Germany

Aug 4, 1914

Just after Germany declares war on Russia and france aug. 1

First German aircraft shotdown by allied plane

Oct 5, 1914

Aircraft warfare has started in WW1

First zepelin raid on London

May 31, 1915

Germans using zepelin blimps fly over London in an air raid

Battle of Verdun

Feb 28, 1916

The battle of Verdun is one of the major battles in WW1 faught between the French and the Germans ( Verdun is east of France)

Battle of jutland

May 31, 1916

Biggest naval battle of WW1, British and Germans faught, No winner

USA declares war on Germany

Apr 6, 1917

ITS ON!

USSR withdrawls from the war

Mar 3, 1918

USSR signs a treaty which resigns them from the war.

Armistice

Nov 11, 1918

The allies and axis have agreed to end WW1

Treaty of versailles

Jun 28, 1919

End of WWI