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Franz Ferdinand assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife Sophie, are assassinated by a Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip while they were visiting Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. -
Declaration of War
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany offered support to Austria wrongly thinking that Russia - who was alliad with Serbia - would not mobilise. So Russia did mobilise and then, through their alliance with France, called on them to mobilise as well. -
Germany declares War
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Germany declares war again
Germany declared war on France. They sent troops into Belgium. Then a foreign British secretary, Sir Edward Grey, sent an ultumatum to Germany, demanding their withdrawal from the neutral Belgium. -
Britain declares War
Brittain declared war on Germany because they did not withdraw from Belgium -
Japan declares War
Japan declared war on Germany because of its alliance with Great Britain. -
Russia declares War
Russia declares War on Turkey because Turkey helped the Germans to attack Russia. -
Britain and France declare War
Britain and France declared war on Turkey because they were Russias allies and Russia had been attacked by Germany with the help of Turkey. -
Gallipoli
Australia gets involved in the war through their alliance with Britain and France, so they all go to Gallipoli to fight Turkey. Unfortunately, they landed on a small beach with really steep cliffs just ahead. Many diad as they struggled to make a shelter beteath the cliffs. Evern more diad as they tried to climb the cliffs. It wasn't very succesfull as the Turks had the advantage, being stationed at the top of the cliffs, they were able to shoot down at the allied troops. -
Italy declares War
Italy declared war on Germany and Austria -
The Battle of Lone Pine
This was the only succesful attack made by Australia. It was a hand-to-hand battle and over 2,000 men died. It was intended to be a diversion as other troops broke out of the ANZAC perimeter battlefield. Seven Victorian Crosses were awarded for bravery. -
Unexpected reinforcements
reinforcements, lead by Charles Bean landed on Gallipoli just before the attack was to begin. -
The battle ends
The battle of lone pine ended whan the Australian 1st dvision captured the turkish trenches. -
The Battle of Jutland
This was the only large navy battle fought in WW1. It was between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet. -
The start of the Battle of Somme
This battle lasted until November. There was a horrific total of 1,120,000 casualties. This was seen as the most horrific battle in the whole of WW1. This battle was intended to aid the French who were suffering major casualties against the German's -
The Battle of Fromelles
This was the first ever major bettle fought by Australian troops. It was supposed to distract the Germans from the battle at Somme. The Australians had 5,533 casualties. Together with the British they lost a total of 7080 men. While the German's only lost around 1,000. -
The First Battle of Bullecourt
It was fought as part of the British offensive in Arras. It was also intended to support an attac occuring further south. There were 3,289 Australian deaths. -
The Battle of Passchendaele
This was fought in horrible weather. It was constandly raining and there was mud everywhere. The Allied troops only gained a little ground compared to the amount of men lost. There was a total of 570,000 men lost. -
Australians drive Germans away from Villers-Bretonneux
The Australians defended the town that was being overrun by Germans. The Germans were eventualy stopped by the Australians and the British working together. -
The Second Battle of Marne
Thos was the last of the major German offensives. Also the start of the German collapse. It was also a considerable win for the Allied troops. There were many casualties but the Germans were eventually over powered. -
End of the war
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month is when the Armistice was signed. -
Peace in Paris
There was a peace confrence in Paris attended by Australia, America, Britain, France, Italy, New Zealand, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulogaria. It was to set the peace terms for the defeated countries.
