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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was killed by a group of assassinators -
Austria Hungary declares war over Serbia.
After Franz Ferdinand was assassinated Austria Hungary declared war over Serbia -
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World War 1
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Germany declared war over Russia
Germany declared war over Russia to honor their alliance with Austria Hungary -
Official start of World War 1
Great Britain declares war over Germany -
The First Battle of Ypres
The First Battle of Ypes was a battle fought for the strategic town of Ypres in western Belgium in October and November 1914. -
Turkey entered the war.
Turkey joined the Germans and trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front -
Britain bombs the Dardenelles
Great Britain bombarded Turkish forts. -
The Second Battle of Ypres
In this battle it was the first time that Germans used poison gas on a larger area. The triple entente managed to push the German's force back on to the Europeans side. -
The Battle of Gallipoli
The ANZAC'S arrived on the beach of Gallipoli, but little did they know that the turk's had anticipated the arrival and attacked the unprepared soldiers from Australia and New Zealand. -
Lusitania was Sunk
The Lusitania was sunk while travelling to Liverpool by a German U-boat. -
Italy Declares War
Italy declared war on Germany and Austria Hungary. -
The Battle of Loos
The Battle of Loos was in 1915. It marked the first time the British used poison gas during the war, and is also famous for the fact that it witnessed the first large-scale use of Kitchener's Army units. -
The Retreat From Gallipoli
The ANZACS retreat from gallipoli after being outmatched by Turkey -
The Battle of Verdun
It was fought between the German and French armies, The Battle of Verdun was held between 21 February to 18 December 1916, on hilly terrain north of the city of Verdun in north-eastern France. It ended with a French victory since, by December 1916, they had recaptured most of the lost ground including the centerpiece of Verdun's defensive system: Fort Douaumont. -
The Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle fought by the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet. The battle was fought between 31 May and 1 June 1916 in the North Sea near Jutland. It was the largest naval battle. -
The Battle of Somme
This battle was considered as the largest battle of World War due to all the casualties that were involved in it. Great Britain were highly criticised from the huge number of casulties in this battle. The British army ended up with 420 000 in total. -
First day of the somme
On the first day of the battle of the somme there were 60 000 casualties from Great Britain. -
Battle of the Bazentin Ridge (Battle of the Somme)
The British tried to control the area late in the night of the 22nd but it was unsuccessful and the germans learnt that the gameplan of this battle was changing from trench warfare toward a flexible system of strongpoints. -
The Battle of Fromelles
This was the biggest battle that the Australians fought in. There were 1,500 British and 5,533 Australian soldiers that died. -
Debut of the Tank (Battle of the Somme)
On the 15th of September as the battle was slipping away from the british they released their secret weapon for the first time. The Tank. -
Conclusion of the Battle of the Somme
After the biggest and most brutal battle of World War 1 The British were considered victorious but the result remained indecisive. Captain von Hentig, described the Battle of the Somme as "the muddy grave of the German Field Army." -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty that the Soviet government was forced to sign on March 3, 1918 with Germany -
USA declares war on Germany
In 1917 there were diplomatic agreements with Germany that shattered when the Americans found that Germany was provoking Mexico and Japan to attack the United States. Which ended in The US declaring war with Germany. -
The Third Battle of Ypres
The Third Battle of Ypres was in Flanders in 1917. It was planned to break through the strongly fortified German defences enclosing the Ypres salient, a bulge in the British front line, with the intention of charging through to the German submarine bases on the Belgian coast. -
The Battle of Caporetto
The Battle of Caporetto took place from 24 October to 19 November 1917, Austro-Hungarian forces, reinforced by German units, were able to break into the Italian front line and capture most of the Italian army, -
Turkey makes peace
Turkey agrees to stop fighting -
Austria Hungary makes peace
Austria Hungary agrees to stop fighting. -
Germany signed an armistice with the Allies
Germany signed an armistice to agree on the end of the fight between the Entente and the Alliance. -
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Although the armistice, signed on 11 November 1918, ended the actual fighting, it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace conference to get a result -
The League of Nations
The League of Nations was formed after World War 1 to prevent anything like it from happenning again.
