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World War 1

By elizabethhnoell

  • France and Russia were allies, Austria-Hungary were allies with Germany, and Belgium were allies with Great Britian

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  • Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia

  • Austria declared war on Serbia

  • Germany declared war on Russia

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

  • Britain declared war on Germany

  • Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes.

  • Battle of the Marne started

  • Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side. Trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front.

  • The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place

  • Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles

  • Allied troops landed in Gallipoli

  • The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat

  • Italy declared war on Germany and Austria

  • The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians

  • Start of the Battle of Loos

  • The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli

  • Start of the Battle of Verdun

  • British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia

  • First use en masse of tanks at the Somme

  • Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started

  • USA declared war on Germany

  • Battle of Caporetto – the Italian Army was heavily defeated

  • British tanks won 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.

  • Second Battle of the Marne started. The start of the collapse of the German army

  • The advance of the Allies was successful

  • Germany asked the Allies for an armistice

  • Turkey made peace

  • Austria made peace

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

  • Peace conference met at Paris

  • The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.