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Unification of germany
At the palace of versailles on this date germany formaly became a single nation state after many years of war. This was on eof the earliest causes of ww1 as gemany was still a young nation when the war began. -
Formation of the Dual alliance
This treaty formed bettween germany and the Austro hungarian empire was the foundation of the triple alliance. this treaty was a defensive treaty with each country promising to defend each other in case of attack by russia -
Formation of the triple alliance
On this date the dual alliance bettween germany and austro -hungry accepted italy into their alliance. Each nation would surrport each other in the event of war. italy would later betrey this alliance. -
Franco-Russian alliance
Russia forms a secret treaty with france. Russia entered the allaince because it felt threatened by the formation of the Triple alliance. France joined the alliance because it had been for a while diplomaticly isolated -
Formation of the Entente cordiale
This treaty brought an end to any hostility bettween the to nations and along with other treatys laid the way for the triple entente allinance -
Formation of Anglo-russian alliance
The formation of this treaty brought an end to the long standing conflict over central asia. this finally united france russia and england in a single alliance -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was the heir the throne of the austro-hungrian empire. His assassination was one of the causes of ww1 as he was killed by a group of serbian nationals known as the black hand. This lead to austro-hungry going to war with serbia a month later which through many treatys and alliances started ww1 -
Start of WW1
WW1 began when Austro-hungry declared war on serbia. following this russia mobilised to protect their Serbian allies. After this germany mobilised against France. After this Britan mobilised against german after they refused their ultimatium -
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Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg was one of the earliest battles of WW1. The Battle was between the German eighth army and the Russian first and second armys. the Germans lost the battle with the russian first army and then retreated by train. they then surronded the Russian second army destroying them. The battle was influential because if the Germans had lost the Battle of Tannenberg then Berlin would be almost undefended from the Russians. The Russians suffered 170k causilties the Germans only 12k -
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Battle of Galipoli
The Battle of Galipoli began as a naval battle between the British and ANZAC forces versus the Turkish army lead by the Germans. However the mines and artillery were holding the fleet back.The Allies decided to send their forces to land on the Galipoli peninsula. The battle went very poorly as the Allies were constantly held back by the terrain. If the Britsh had won they would of attacked Constantinople. The allies suffered 141k the turkish 251k -
Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland was one of the first major naval battles between the British and the Germans. The conditions were awful with rough seas and poor navigation.The German forces lured the english by an attack the scotland. The German forces were defeated by the British. The battle was important because if the Germans had won they would have taken the north sea and stop most british reinforcements. -
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Battle of Somme
The Battle of Somme was a Battle in france between the Britsh and the Germans. The British had more troops than the germans. However they were unable to destroy the german defences which included vast lines of barbed wire and many artilery pieces. no one truly won the battle of somme. The allies 600000. Germany lost 500000. France and Britan lost minor ground -
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Battle of Cambria
The battle of Cambria was fought between the British and the Germans in am a surprise attack on the Germans on the 20th. The Germans then attacked the British forces on the 30th. although their was an overall loss of land the germans still won. this battle caused the germans to devot more resorces to anti tank weaponry. The causilties for the british and germans were about 45000 each -
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Battle of vittorio veneto
This battle took place in italy near the town of vittorio veneto.The battle was between the T.E.A and the Austro-hungrian empire.The terrain was hard and the river was flooded at the time of the battle. The Austro-hungrian empire had more soilders but the T.E.A had more artillery. The T.E.A won and ended the war on the italian front and secured the end of the Austro-hungrian empire. The T.E.A suffered 38k causulties Austo-hungry lost 300k men as prisoners the had 100k wounded and 35k dead -
End of WW1
The central powers surrendered within weeks of each other. the furst was bulgria which signed an armistance on the 29th of september. Following this the ottoman empire capitulated the next day. on the 3rd of november the Austro-hungrian empire surrended. German surrended on the 11th of november. After this the war was officialy ended by the treaty of versailles in 1919. The treaty blamed germany for the war and demanded harsh reperations. -
Formation of the league of nations
The league of nations formed after the end of ww1 and was supposed to ensure lasting peace after ww1. The treaty that formed the league was signed by 44 countries.The stated goal of the league of nations was to prevent war through collective security and disarment. the league of nations was the foundation for the modern day united nations. -
Treaty of versailles
The treaty of versilles finally ended the war officialy bettween germany and the triple entente. One feature of the treaty was a harsh restriction on the germany military which crippled their power. Another part of the treaty was reparations to the allies which destroyed the german economy and led to germany printing money to pay off the debts. One of the most interesting parts of the treaty was Article 231 which forced germany to admit that they caused WW1 despite haveing no role in its start.
