-
The death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Bosnia. Archduke was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria- Hungary. He was visiting Sarajevo with his wife when a group of Serbian terroist threw a gernade at them. They were saved but Archduke wanted to vist the people at hospital who were injured by the gernade. On their way to the hospital, the diver took a wrong turn, they passed by the resturant where Gavrilo Princip was. He shot both Archduke and his wife to death. -
Period: to
World War 1
-
The Total War
The total war was a type of warfare that includes any and all civilian associated resources and infrastructure as legitimate military targets. It mobilizes all of the resources of society to fight the war, and gives priority to warfare over non-combatant needs. -
Austria-Hungary declairs war on Serbia
After Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were murdered by a Serbian-backed terrorist. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia with German encouragement. -
Trench Warfare
Trench warfare was a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches. The troops are well protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. -
The Lusitania
The Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was launched by the Cunard Line in 1906. It held the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908. It was briefly the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of the Mauretania three months later. -
The battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse. -
The battle at The Somme
The Battle of the Somme was also known as the Somme offensive. It was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the Somme, a river in France. -
US enters the war
Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic. The Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war. The United States declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. -
The Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany. Germany said that Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a period of social and political revolution that took place in the Russian Empire which began during the first WW1. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government following two successive revolutions and a bloody civil war. -
The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution took place in 1917, during the final phase of World War I. It removed Russia from the war and brought about the transformation of the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, replacing Russia's traditional monarchy with the world's first Communist state. -
Woman during war
Most women Yeomen served stateside on naval bases and they replaced men who had deployed to Europe. While many female recruits performed clerical duties, others worked as truck drivers, mechanics, radio operators, telephone operators, translators, camouflage artists and munition workers. -
German cease fire, the war is over
On November 11th 1918, after more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives. The guns on the Western Front fell silent, although fighting continued elsewhere, the armistice between Germany and the allies was the first step to ending WW1. -
War guilt clause
The most humiliating portion of the treaty for defeated Germany was Article 231. It was known as the "War Guilt Clause", which forced the German nation to accept complete responsibility for initiating WW1. Germany was required to make enormous reparation payments. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the most controversial armistice treaties in history. The treaty's called “war guilt” clause forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for WW1. This meant that they lost territories, and reparation payments to Allied powers.