Worldwar1

Timeline World War One

By db5766

  • the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

  • Austria declared war on Serbia

    Austria declared war on Serbia

  • Poison gas first used by Germans in attack on Canadians at Ypes, Belgium

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania

  • German Zeppelins bombard suburbs of London

  • The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli

  • British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia

  • United States declared war on Germany

  • American troops fire first shot in Trench Warfare

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

    Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One.