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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The political objective of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary's south-Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Greater Slavia or a yogoslavia. -
Declaring war
Germany declares war on France -
Allied offensive in Artois and Champagne
the first full year of the war, which saw the Allies strive vainly to achieve a breakthrough on the Western Front, while the Germans achieved numerous successes elsewhere. It was to prove a disappointing year for the Allies, a correspondingly positive one for Germany and its allies. lasted from jan 1 to march 30 -
Withdrawl
Allies begin withdrawal of troops from Gallipoli -
3rd year battle
German attack on Verdun in the longest battle of the war, ultimately defended by the French at great cost to both sides
(from feb 21 to december 18)
the third year of the war. During this year the Germans attempted to "bleed France white" at Verdun, and the British strove to breakthrough along the Somme river. Both were doomed to failure; both were titanic struggles with correspondingly heavy losses -
REQUEST STATEMENT
US President Woodrow Wilson requests statements of war objectives from warring nations in peace note -
4 year battle
Allies state peace objectives in response to US President Woodrow Wilson's December 1916 peace note the fourth year of the war. This year saw the adoption by the German high command of the disastrous policy of unrestricted submarine warfare - disastrous in that it brought about America's entry into the war within the space of a couple of months, and ultimately led to her downfall the following yea -
SEPRATE PEACE
Russia opens separate peace negotiations with Germany (Brest-Litovsk) -
final battle
T.E. Lawrence leads Arab guerrillas in successful campaign against Turkish positions in Arabia and Palestine the final year of the war. This year saw the German military high command attempt one final large-scale offensive on the Western Front. A near success, Operation Michael's ultimate failure led to an increasingly sweeping series of successes by the Allies from the summer of 1918. -
after tye war
the year after the war ended. It was the year of the Paris
Communist revolt in Berlin Peace Conference, of the signing of the peace at Versailles. The terms of the peace treaty imposed upon Germany by the victorious Allies led, many historians argue, to the rise of Hitler and the advent of war in 1939, such was Germany's sense of injustice.
