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Franz Ferdinand Assassination
Archduke Fran Ferdinand was Assassinated on June 28, 1914. He was the heir to the imperial throne of the Austro- Hungarian empire.This assassination was the reason as to why Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia and Europe rapidly descends into chaos. This event is what started World War 1. -
Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia
Austria Hungary took immediate action against Serbia, even while knowing that it would risk war with Russia who is Serbia's ally. Even so they were prepared because they had Germany as an ally. This is initially what started the beginning of WW1. -
The Battle of Liège
The Battle of Lie'ge was the opening engagement of the German invasion of Belgium and the first battle of the First World War. This is when Erich Ludendorff drove in and convinced the garrison to surrender. The surrounding forts fought on and several attacks by German infantry were costly failures. Resulting in German victory. -
Battle of Dogger Bank
The first clash of battle cruisers took place off the Dogger Bank, in the middle of the North Sea. This was a poorly conducted battle on the British part, this resulted in the German armored cruiser SMS Blücher being sunk and HMS Lion being badly damaged. The British ended up intercepting and decoding German wireless transmissions, The British then surprised the smaller and slower German squadron, which fled for home, resulting in a British Victory. -
The Second Battle Of Ypres
The second battle of Ypres was fought for control of the tactically important high ground to the east and south of the Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium. It was also the first time chlorine gas was used and the first time it was employed on such a scale. Overall there were a total of 69,000 Allied troops (59,000 British, 10,000 French), against 35,000 German casualties, the Allies remained in possession of Ypres. -
Italy Declares War On Austria-Hungary
The Italian declaration opened up a new front in World War I, stretching 600 kilometers of them mountainous along Italy's border with Austria-Hungary. Approximately 460,000 were killed and 955,000 were wounded in the conflict. This ended up resulting in an Italian victory. -
Western Front At Verdun
The Western Front At Verdun was the longest bloodiest battle of world war 1. The Germans used total war, which was to sacrifice everything to obtain a complete victory over the French. In the end there were 400,000 French casualties in 10 months of fighting, and almost the same amount of casualties for the Germans. -
The Battle Of Jutland
This battle was known as the largest sea battle of the First World War. It was fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during the First World War. The German dead amounted to 2,551, but British losses were 6,097. Overall it resulted it failed to achieve the decisive victory each side hoped for, -
Western Front At The Somme
British launched an attack at the Somme river area to pull German troops away from Verdun. The British suffered nearly 14,000 casualties on the first day of fighting. There ended up being over 1 million casualties on both sides at the end of the 5 month long battle. -
The Russian Revolution
There were two Revolutions that had took place. One was the February Revolution which overthrew the imperial goverment. -
U.S Entry Into WW1
Germany sunk four more U.S. merchant ships, and on April 2 President Wilson appeared before Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany. On June 26, the first 14,000 U.S. infantry troops landed in France to begin training for combat. -
Third Battle Of Ypres
The battle failed to achieve Haig's objectives. It lasted over 100 days. In that time, the Allies advanced about 5 miles for the loss of over 250,000 soldiers killed, wounded or missing. It resulted in an Allied victory, but it was achieved at enormous cost for a piece of ground that would be vacated the following year. -
The Brest Litovsk Treaty
This treaty marked Russia's final withdrawal from World War I and resulted in Russia losing major territorial holdings. In the treaty, Bolshevik Russia ceded the Baltic States to Germany; they were meant to become German vassal states under German princelings. -
The Armstice Of 1918
After four more years of horrific fighting and millions of lives being lost, the guns on the Western Front became silent.The armistice between Germany and the Allies became the ceasefire that ended hostilities between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918, and was the first step to ending World War 1. -
The Treaty Of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles subjected Germany to strict severe measures. The Treaty required the new German Government to surrender approximately 10 percent of its prewar territory in Europe and all of its overseas possessions. The First World War came to an end in 1919 in Versailles.