Timeline of World War I

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  • Beginning of timeline

  • Beginning of timeline

  • Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy form the Triple Alliance

  • Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy form the Triple Alliance

  • Great Britain, France and Russia form the Triple Entente

  • Great Britain, Russia and France form the Triple Entente

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

  • Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization.

  • Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization.

  • Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium. Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium.

  • Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization.

  • Great Britain declares war on Germany. The declaration is binding on all Dominions within the British Empire including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa.

  • Great Britain declares war on Germany. The declaration is binding on all Dominions within the British Empire including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa.

  • First Battle of the Marne

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  • First trenches are dug on the Western Front

  • First trenches are dug on the Western Front

  • Dawn of the Legend

  • Dawn of the Legend

  • The US requests that Germany withdraw its military and naval attaches from the Embassy in Washington

  • The US requests that Germany withdraw its military and naval attaches from the Embassy in Washington

  • Battle of Jutland

  • Battle of Jutland

  • Battle of the Somme

  • Battle of the Somme

  • Sherif of Mecca proclaimed "King of the Arabs"

  • The United States of America declares war on Germany.

  • The Third Battle of Ypres

  • Russian Revolution

  • Conscription referendums defeated

  • Prime Minister Hughes put a second referendum to the Australian people

  • Allied Counter-Offensives

    A combined French and American attack along the Marne marks the first in a series of coordinated Allied counter-offensives on the Western Front. Three French armies accompanied by five American divisions cross the Marne River. In the face of this assault, the German 7th and 9th Armies begin a withdrawal from the Marne.

  • Armistice

  • End of timeline