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Start of the First World War
War breaks out with the assassination of the Archduke of Austria, which provoked a diplomatic crisis -
Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg was fought from 26 to 30 August 1914, the German army faced the army of the Russian Empire. The result was a crushing German victory, this victory meant a lot to the Germans because the army of the Russian empire is practically destroyed and this gave peace to Germany for a few months. -
Battle of Marne
In this battle France stops the passage to Germany, the British troops helped win this battle , which was started on September 6, 1914 and in just 6 days they managed to win, was a very important battle because it meant the end of the Schlieffen Plan with which the Germans intended to quickly win the war. -
Trench warfare
After the battle of Marne, the great mobilization that had been provoked by the start of the war was stopped and a phase began in which the armies were protected by trenches to prevent the enemy advance. -
Entry into the war of Italy
Italy signs the London treaty with the allied powers, and receives great territorial concessions , declares war on Austria-Hungría -
Battle of Verdun
It begins on February 21, 1916, and is very important because it represents a great wear for the German and French army learns and improves their military tactics, lasted 10 months the battle and combirtio in a symbol for the French -
Battle of Somme
The Battle of the Somme was a major military operation against the German army whose aim was to break through the enemy lines and force a retreat. It was organized by France and Britain.
1/07/1916 ,the British forces began an intense bombardment to open a corridor for the advancing troops. However, the Germans had built deep underground trenches that allowed them to withstand the bombardment. It was a very bloody battle and despite lasting 4 months , the French did not get a decisive advantage. -
Consequence Battle of Somme
The Battle of the Somme resulted in more than one million dead or wounded soldiers, including more than 60,000 British on the first day of the battle. This became the deadliest day in the history of the British army.
The offensive allowed the British army to absorb the largest German force and relieve pressure on the French forces at Verdun. In addition, the battle helped to improve the tactics and military training of the British, who were able to take important lessons for future battles. -
Russian revolution
Russia’s participation in the Great War aggravated the nation’s economic situation ,between 23 and 25 February the following workers demonstrated in the capital and made an official proclamation demanding the end of tsarism. The government repressed the people on February 26, but this time the situation was uncontrollable, the main army victim of war fraternized with the strikers.This revolution also laid the foundations for the October Revolution of 1917. -
The EEUU entering the war
The submarine war and the interception of the Zimmermann message in which Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico in case the EEUUentered the war.
Made the EEUUgo to war, the war economically pushed the EEUU -
Revolution October Russia
The October 1917 revolution was the second phase of the Russian revolution This revolution meant the end of the provisional government established after the February 1917 revolution and the arrival of the Bolsheviks, with a socialist ideology, to governmental power. It meant that for the first time in contemporary history a communist government came to power in one state. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
On March 3, 1918, in Brest-Litovsk,the new Bolshevik government of Russia had to sign a peace treaty with the so-called "central powers", Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria, that put an end to the participation of his country in World War I, because Russia could not continue fighting as the German army was advancing almost sn opposition towards the capital of Russia -
Second Battle of Marne
The second battle of the Marne took place from 15 July to 6 August 1918 This battle was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War I. The German attack in the second battle of the Marne was stopped by an allied counterattack led by French and American forces. The use of tanks by the Allies was crucial to disrupt the German right flank and cause heavy casualties.
This battle made the weapons upgrade to occur. -
End of the First World War
By November 1918, the war situation in Germany had become untenable. Germany had been trying since October to achieve an armistice as favorable as possible, but the United States conditioned its signature on the acceptance of a series of measures that the German government considered unacceptable
The armistice was signed on 11 in a wagon in a clearing in the forest of Compiègne. And thus ending the war.