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The death of Francesco Ferdinando
The archduke Francesco Ferdinando (heir to the throne of Austria) is visiting Sarajevo (Bosnia) when he is murdered with his wife by a Serb-Bosnian student, Gavrilo Princip. -
The real cause of the war
The real cause of the war is the clash between Germany and Britain for power in Europe. -
The alliances enter the war
Russia enters the war against Austria for help Serbia.
Germany goes to war against Britain, France and Russia during Italy remains neutral.
There are two alliances at war: Triple Accord (Russia, France, Great Britain and Japan) and Triple Entente (Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire) -
Italy enters the war
Italy enters the war with the London pact. -
The US enters the war
The US enters the wars with French, Britain and Italy. -
The war ends
In 1918 italian, french, britain and american army won against german and austrian army.
4 novembre 1918: the States sign the armistice. -
The peace of Versailles
In June 28, 1919 at Versailles the states sign the peace treaty and they divide the won lands.