Katie World War 1

By Katie O

  • Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo

  • Period: to

    Worl War 1

  • Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia

  • Austria declared war om Serbia

  • Germany declared war on Russia

  • Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen

  • Britain declared war on Germany

  • The BEF started its retreat from Mons. Germany invaded France

  • Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes

  • Battle of the Marne started

  • First Battle of Ypres

  • turkey entered the war on Germany's side. Trench warfare startes to dominate the Western Front

  • The first Zeppelin raid an Britain took place

  • Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardenelles

  • Allied troops landed in Gallipoli

  • The "Luisitania" was sunk by a german U-boat

  • Italy declared war on Germany and Austria

  • Italy declared war on Germany and Austria

  • The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians

  • Start of the Battle of Loos

  • The Allies started evacuation of Gallipoli

  • Conscription introduced in Britain

  • Start of the Battle of Verdun

  • British forces surrenndered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia

  • Battle of Jutland

  • Start of Brusilov Offensive

  • Start of Battle of the Somme

  • End of Brusilov Offensive

  • First use en masse of tanks at the Somme

  • Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister

  • Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started

  • USA declared war on Germany

  • France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front

  • Start of the Third Battle at Ypres

  • Battle of Caporetto- the Italian Army was heavily defeated

  • Britain launched a major offensive on the western Front

  • British tanks wan a victory at Cambrai

  • Armistice between Germany and Russia signed

  • Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks

  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany

  • Germany broke through on the Somme

  • Marshall Foch was appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front

  • Germany started an offensive in Flanders

  • Second Battle of the Marne started. The started of the collapse of the Germany army

  • The advance of the Allies was successful

  • Turkish forces collapsed at Megiddo

  • Germany asked the Allies for an armistice

  • Germany's navy mutinied

  • Turkey made peace

  • Austria made peace

  • Kaiser William II abdicated

  • Germany signed an armistice with the Allies- the official date of the end of World War One