World War 1

World War 1

Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Dec 31, 1918

Franz Ferdinand's Death

Jun 28, 1914

Franz Ferdinand and his wife were both assassinated on the 28th of June 1914. They arrived at Sarajevo's Town Hall and they were killed by the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist secret society.

Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia

Jul 5, 1914

Austria declares war on Serbia

Jul 28, 1914

Germany declared war on Austria

Aug 1, 1914

Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium

Aug 3, 1914

Britain declared war on Germany

Aug 4, 1914

Australia got involved when it was declared that Britain and Germany had went to war. Joseph Cook and opposition leader Andrew Fisher pledged full support for Britain.

Germany invaded France

Aug 23, 1914

Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lake

Aug 26, 1914

Battle of Marne started

Sep 6, 1914

First Battle of Marne featured the first use of radio intercepts and automatic transport or troops in wartime.
Ferdinand Foch's army attacked the advances of the German sceond and third armies with the help of Michel-Joseph Maunoury's French Sixth Army, French Fifth Army and British Expeditionary.

First battle of Ypres

Oct 18, 1914

It was originally planned to break through the strongly enforced German defences enclosing the Ypres angle, a large bulge in the British Front Line.
Australian divisions participated in the battles of Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseine, Poelcapelle and the first Battle of Passchendaele.
Unfortunatley no break through was achieved.

Turkey entered the war on Germany's side

Oct 29, 1914

The first Zepplin raid at Britain took place

Jan 19, 1915

Gallipoli Australian Campaign

Apr 25, 1915

Italy declared war on Germany and Austria

May 23, 1915

Start of the Battle of Loos

Sep 25, 1915

British forces launch an attack on German positions at Loos, Belgium.

Start of the Battle of Verdun

Feb 21, 1916

British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia

Apr 29, 1916

Battle of Jutland

May 31, 1916

It began between German and British scouting forces with a gunfire.
Both sides claimed victory though British forces had retained control fo the North Sea.

Start of the Battle of Somme

Jul 1, 1916

Two years on trench warfare, the allies attempted to break through German lines on the Western Front, the battl going on for months and the result of casualties more than one million.
The battles happened near the Somme River in France.
The first day alone, British forces suffered more than 57,000 casualties.

LLoyd George becomes British Prime Minister

Dec 7, 1916

USA declared war on Germany

Apr 6, 1917

Start of the Third Battle of Ypres

Jul 31, 1917

Battle of Caporetto the Italian army was heavily defeated

Oct 24, 1917

Germany broke through on the Somme

Mar 21, 1918

Second Battle of Marne started, the start of the collapse of the German army

Jul 5, 1918

Turkish forces collapsed at Megiddo

Sep 19, 1918

Turkey made peace

Oct 30, 1918

Austria made peace

Nov 3, 1918