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Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia -
Germany, Russia, France, and Great Britain
August 1-4 Germany, Russia, France, and Great Britain enter Wrold War I. -
Battle of Tannenberg
On August 26, 1914, the German 8th Army, under the leadership of Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, strikes with lethal force against the advancing Russian 2nd Army, led by General Aleksandr Samsonov, in East Prussia during the opening weeks of the First World War. -
Battle of Gallipoli
The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16, also known as the Battle of Gallipoli or the Dardanelles Campaign, was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia during World War I. -
Winston Churchill
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”-Winston Churchill -
Paul Von Hindenburg
Hindenburg was consequently promoted to Field Marshal, finally becoming Army Chief of Staff on 29 August 1916, succeeding the man with whom he'd violently disagreed with concerning Eastern policy, Erich Falkenhayn, and whose downfall he had helped to engineer. -
Arthur Zimmermann
British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This message helped draw the United States into the war. -
Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, “The world must be made safe for democracy.” Four days later, Congress voted in favor of declaring war on Germany. -
Argonne Forest
The casualties recorded by the Americans at the Battle of Argonne Forest totaled 117,000, while the French lost 70,000 men and the Germans 100,000 soldiers. -
John J. Pershing
"In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not only those who have never studied or experienced the realities of war, but also professional soldiers frequently fall into the error. But the principles of warfare as I learned them at West Point remain unchanged.”
