15 events for WW1

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie were assassinated

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie were assassinated
    1914
  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    1914
  • Germany declares war on Russia

    1914
  • Germany declares war on France

    1914
  • The first battle of the Marne begins

    1914
  • Battle of Ypres begins

  • Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain

    1915
  • The Dardanelles Campaign begins

    1915
  • The Second Battle of Ypres begins

    The Second Battle of Ypres begins
    1915
  • Tsar Nicholas II takes personal control over Russia's armies.

    1915
  • The Battle of Jutland

    1916
  • The Battle of the Somme begins

    The Battle of the Somme begins
    1916
  • Russian Tsar Nicholas II abdicates

    1917
  • The United States declares war on Germany

    1917
  • Germany launches the Spring Offensive

    1918