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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Who: Gavrilo Princip
What:Ferdinand went to check on an injured soldier where Gavrilo had been loitering and shot both Sophie and Franz within point blank range.
Where: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
When: June 18th 1914 -
Start of WWI
Who:Britian,France,Russia,Italy and the united states fought Germany, Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
What: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and Germany declared war on the Russians. Germany attacked France because they’re allied with Russia, they went through Belgium which brought great Britain into the war as well.
Where:The war was fought in Asia, Africa, Europe the middle east and the pacific ocean
When:July 28th 1914-November 11th 1918 -
WWI Gas attack
Gas attack of WWI
Who:Britian,France,Russia,Italy and the united states fought Germany, Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
What: The first chemical weapons were used in world war one, they used things such as tear gas, mustard gas, chlorine and few more with roughly 1.2 million casualties caused by the gas attacks. Gas attacks were very different from any artillery attack because they were preventable with masks.
Where:Wieltje near Ypres Belgium
When:19th of december 1915 -
The Battle of Ypres
Who: German and British troops
What:Belgian troops were outnumbered by the germans while they were trying to get to the english channel, they fought for 34 days and it started the trench warfare on the western front.
Where: Belgian city of Ypres
When: 19th of October 1915 -
The battle of Somme
Battle of Somme
Who:British and French Empires against Germans
What:This battle was fought for 141 days and 3 million soldiers were at war with just over a million of them wounded. French and British were on the more offensive side, this battle was one of the largest during WWI and one of the bloodiest as well.
Where:Somme, Pas-de-calais
When:July 1st 1916 -
Conscription Crisis
Who: Canadians
What: Happened during world war one after the battle of Somme when Canada was in desperate need for soldiers and at the home front of the Canadians were in disagreement that men should be conscripted into fighting during the war and began to protest.
Where: Canada
When:1917 -
The Battle of vimy ridge
Vimy Ridge
Who:Canadians and Germans
What:This was a very defining moment for the Canadians when they won the battle, but they were left with over 100,000 casualties. The canadians stormed the ridge at 5:30 in the morning,bravery and discipline were the two things that kept them from losing the battle.
Where:Nord-pas-de-calais region of France
When:April 9th 1917 -
The Battle of passchendaele
Battle of Passchendaele
Who:British and French Empire against Germany
What:This is the third battle during the battle of ypres where the British released a huge offensive attack on the Germans and they held the passchendaele ridge overlooking the city of Ypres Belgium, also they fought in flanders because of the weather and climate.
Where: Passchendaele, Belgium
When:July 31st 1917 -
WWI Ends
WWI Ends
Who:Britian,France,Russia,Italy and the united states fought Germany, Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
What:Germany and their allied nations agreed to stop the war and signed the treaty of Versailles. 440 articles were released and in demands that Germany should accept responsibilities for starting the war and pay the debts. Which resulted in the Germans being prevented from having tanks, submarines, warships, armored vehicles
Where:Germany
When:November 11th 1918 -
Influenza Pandemic of 1918
Influenza
Who:one third of the world’s population
What: The influenza pandemic otherwise known as the spanish flu killed more people than the great war, with one third of the world's population infected. The flu was most deadly for people aged 20-40, it was so bad that the average lifespan for americans was decreased by 10 years if infected.
Where:from the pacific islands to the arctic
When:January 1918
