-
Period: to
World War 1
-
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
June 28 1914 Archduke Franz and his wife were leaving to go visit Sarajevo,Bosnia Capital.They were driving in there car until a small bomb started heading towards there car.There driver managed to stop in time and avoided the missile.They were targeted by a group of Bosnian scrub nationalists from the black hand. After that Their driver took a wrong turn and led them straight to Garillo Princip who ended up shooting them and killed them. Their death led to a chair of events that started WW1 -
Austria- Hungary
World war 1 begins when Austria- Hungary declare War on Serbia. They declare war On Serbia because when they found out Archduke was murder they wanted to inflict a military blow on them. They did it to demonstrate their own strength. They also view Serbia attack as a threat to there multi-national empire. -
Battle of Mons
This was the first major action of the British in the First World War. It was a subsidiary action of the Battle of the Frontiers, in which the Allies clashed with Germany on the French borders. The Germany victory at the Mons forced British into a retreat -
Battle of Tannenberg
This battle was fought between Russia and Germany during the first month of WW1 beginning. This battle caused complete destruction of half of the Russian second Army. This battle was caused because there were two Russian armies that invaded German east Prussia. The battle ended up being in German favored as they ended up winning this battle -
Battle of Marne
This battle was caused because the German army invaded France with a solo purpose to winning the war in 40 days. This battle was considered one of the decisive batter of WW1 -
Germany begins naval blockade of Great Britain.
Germany declared a war zone around Britain. This also meant that ships in this area will be shot and skunked without any warning. This argued alot of neutral counties especially the United States which caused them to join the war even though they didn't want too. -
Sinking of Lusitania
A German boat torpedoed the British-owned steamship Lusitania, killing 1,195 people including 128 Americans. This Attack made strained relations between Germany and United States. This Attack set off a chain of events that eventually led to the United States to entering World War I when they were originally going to stay out of it -
Battle of verdun
The battle of Verdun was when an French repulsed a major and powerful German offensive. This battle was one the longest and bloodiest war in WW1. It was fought between France and Germany and had about 300,000 deaths. -
Battle of Somme
This battle was a major battle of ww1. It was between the British Empire and the French third Republic against the German Empire. This Battle had major deaths' that went up to 1 million . This battle was casued because it was to take pressure off the French, but also to start wearing down the German army as part of grand allied strategy -
America declare war
The United stated declare war at Germany joining many countries who where at war with Germany. The united stated enter the war because of Germany attacks on on submarines. and merchant ships. Another reason was the Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. -
Russia signs the treaty of Brest litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918. It was sign between the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Power. It was sign to stop Russia participation in World War I. -
The Battle of Cantigny
The battle of Cantigny was the first major battle for the United states. The battle was between the 28th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. 1st Division and a Ger,am held french village. This was an important moment in the history of the U.S. Army. -
The western Front
The western fronts was a place where the most powerful military forces in Europe Germany and the French armies met. It was also where the First World War was decided. It also was one of the highest death rate of nearly 2 million casualties also nearly half a million deaths. -
Battles of Amiens
This marked the beginning of what came to be known as the “hundred days,” a string of Allied offensive successes on the Western Front that led to the collapse of the German army and the end of the war. This battle was caused because the French planned an attack in the Amiens regions -
The signing of The Treaty of Versaille
After 4 years of consent battles the countries ended up signing a treaty that ended the war . The signing of the treaty of versaille was a treaty signed by Germany and the allied nation. This signing ended ww1