The First World War and the Russian Revolution

By carmen cadenas

  • Triple Alliance

    The newly unified Germany signed a military collaboration treaty with its traditional ally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to isolate its great enemy: France.Italy would later join this agreement, so the pact became known as the Triple Alliance.

  • The Moroccan crises

    The German Empire offered to help Morocco against France, who wanted to establish a protectorate in the region.

  • The Algeciras Conference

    The Algeciras Conference, which authorised a Franco-Spanish protectorate, forced the Germans to back down.

  • Triple Entente

    France, Russia and Britain signed a mutual aid pact, the triple Entente

  • The annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary

    The annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary increased tensions in the Balkans.

  • Balkan Wars

    The Balkan Wars in 1912 and 1913, Serbia allied with Russia and emerged as the victor.

  • The assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz

    The assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz.

  • The Great War

    The Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia and unleashed a conflict that spread like wildfire throughout Europe and the world until it became known as the Great War.

  • Germany declared war on France

    Germany declared war on France

  • Battle of the Verdun

    The Germans launched a new offensive on the Western Front but were stopped by the French at the Battle of the Verdun.

  • Romania entered in the war

    Romania entered in the war.

  • Tsar Nicholas II abdicated

    Tsar Nicholas II abdicated on March 2.

  • American President Woodrow Wilson declares war on Germany

    American President Woodrow Wilson declares war on Germany.

  • The second phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917

    The October Revolution was the second phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, which ended tsarism and brought the Bolsheviks to power. It also led to the civil war between communists and counterrevolutionaries, which ended with the birth of the USSR.

  • The Russian Revolution broke out

    The victory of the Soviets gave way to Russia's exit from the Great War, the creation of the USSR and the establishment of Stalin's rule after the death of Lenin.

  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the powers engaged in the First World War.

  • An armistice was signed

    An armistice was signed, bringing the war to an end.

  • The Peace Conference

    Peace agreement signed at the end of World War I between Germany and the winning allied powers

  • The Treaty of Versailles

    The allied countries signed the Treaty of Versailles with Germany.

  • The Treaty of Rapallo

    The Treaty of Rapallo was a cooperation treaty between the Russian SFSR and Weimar Germany, signed in the Italian town of Rapallo.