World War 1

By Dustypoop424

  • The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    As the royal entourage drove through the city. Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip stepped from the crowd and shot the Archduke and his wife Sophie.

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary declared what was expected to be a short war on serbia

  • Germany invades Belgium

    Germany invaded Belgium with the strategy known as the schlieffen plan.

  • Battle of Tannenburg

    Germans stop Russian advance

  • First battle of the Marne

    Allies stop German advance on Paris
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    Battle of Verdun

    French hold the line in the longest battle in the war

  • Battle of The Somme

    Disastrous British offensive