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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia were in a car and traveling quiet fast and the driver took a wrong turn an realizing his mistake Sophia the wife was shot in the stomach and died instantly and fraz was shot in the neck and died a while later and this group called the black hand was behind the assignation to but gavrito princip was behind the whole assassintaion -
Europe descends into war
As Europe stands on the brink of war, British proposals for a meeting of the great powers are ignored. Backed up by Germany, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia on 28 July. Russia quickly steps in to protect the small nation and mobilises its army. -
Britain declares war on Germany
Germany attacks France first through neutral Belgium to eliminate any threat from the west before facing Russia in the east. Britain and the other great powers of Europe guarantee to protect Belgium’s borders. -
The war in Africa
The first shots of World War One are fired in Africa. By 1914 the German Empire has four colonies in East, West and South Africa. British and French forces invade Togoland the site of a key German wireless station, Kamina. -
The Battle of Mons
The Battle of Mons in Belgium is the British Army's first engagement in France.
The German Kaiser orders the destruction of Britain's ‘contemptible little army’ and 70,000 British soldiers are attacked by 160,000 German troops. -
The Battle of the Marne
As the German Army advances towards Paris, French and British soldiers counterattack along the line of the River Marne. After bloody battles, with over 250,000 casualties on both sides since the war began, the German army and the Allies try to outflank each other to the north until they reach the Belgian coast. -
The Indian Army joins the war
At the Battle of La Bassee in northern France Indian soldiers join the Allies for the first time.
Britain calls on its Empire and 1.5 million Indian soldiers and 1.3 million Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans fight on the allied side. -
The Indian Army joins the war
At the Battle of La Bassee in northern France Indian soldiers join the Allies for the first time.
Britain calls on its Empire and 1.5 million Indian soldiers and 1.3 million Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans fight on the allied side. -
Siege of Tsingtao
In the Far East, Britain has an ally – Japan. Fresh from victory in the Russo-Japanese war, the Japanese flex their military muscles.
In the autumn of 1914 British and Japanese forces attack the port of Tsingtao (Qingdao) – a German colony - in China. Although the Germans put up a firm resistance a force of 23,000 Japanese soldiers seizes control. -
First use of poison gas
Both sides experiment with tear gas in the first winter of the war.
But in January 1915 the Germans use a more deadly chemical – xylyl bromide – killing around 1,000 Russian troops at Bolimov, on the Eastern Front.
