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The Start Of War
in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Archduke Franz Ferdinand got shot by a Serbian man in a terrorist group named Gavrilo Princip. Ferdinand was going to run for the king in Austria-Hungary, a strong empire in the center of Europe. The terrorist group opposed to Austro-Hungarian government and their occupation of Serbia, nor did they want to be in the empire or pay them taxes. Then Austria-Hungary declared war to Serbia, which started WWI. Even before WWI European countres were fighting over land and power. -
Central and Allied Powers
After Austria-Hungary declared war to Serbia, other countries in Europe started choosing sides. One side, the Allied Powers were made up of nearly 20 countries, but the main were France, Great Britain, and Russia. The Central powers included Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. The start of a war of 2 countries turned into a war world wide. -
Germany invades Belgium
The German attack through Belgium was part of the Sclieffen Plan. The plan was to go around the French armies, which would be massing on the French-German border and attack them. The plan was to crush the French in 42 days allowing time for the Germans to swing their armies east to face the Russians, Because of this, Great Britain declares war to Germany. -
Battle Of Tannenburg
The Russian army came into Prussia. But, the differences in railway gauge between Russia and Prussia made it difficult for the Russians to get supplies through. The Germans, used their railway system to surround the Russian Second army at Tannenberg. The ensuing battle was a heavy defeat for the Russians with thousands of men killed. Although the Germans won the battle, 13,000 men were killed. -
Start Of Western Front
Germany’s war plan had been developed by Alfred von Schlieffen. The "Western Front" refered to a series of trench lines that ran from the Belgian coast, to the Alps. On the first day of the Battle of The Somme, the British who were attacking the German, lost 60 thousand men killed, and a further 90 thousand men wounded. As a result, the Allies won and it was the end of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires, -
Battle Of Jutland
German forces, came with the plan of splitting the British fleet and destroying it ship by ship. However, the British admiral, Beatty, aware that the German tactics were the same as those used by Nelson at Trafalgar, sent a smaller force to lure the German's into the range of Admiral Jellicoe's main fleet. Although Beatty's idea worked, the exchange of fire was brief and the German's withdrew. -
U.S. Enters War
United States attempted to remain neutral and was a proponent for the rights of neutral states. But British Passenger ship Lusitania sank , where a number of US citizens died. They got frutrated so the United States enters World War I on the side of France and Britain. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
the Russians signed an Armistice with Germany at Brest-Litovsk (Modern-day Belarus). Russia had to surrender Poland, the Ukraine and other regions.They had to pay 300 million roubles for the repatriation of Russian prisoners. This treaty marked the end to Russia in World War I. -
Germany U-boat Campgain
In Germany, orders were given to step up the U-boat campaign. All 29 allied or neutral ships were to be sunk and in one month almost a million tons of shipping was sunk. Neutral countries became reluctant to ship goods to Britain and Lloyd George ordered all ships carrying provisions to Britain. -
Germany signed an armistice ending World War I
The fighting ended with the signing of an armistice. It required the Germans to evacuate their positions and return to Germany. After that a peace treaty was developed by the powers at Versailles, France and Germany and Austria were given the choice of accepting it or continuing the war、which they accepted. -
War End pt 2
This war changed in many borders. Treaties that ended the war split Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire into national states. Russia and Germany gave up territory. Many states won independence but most Arab lands in the Ottoman Empire were placed under French and British rule.
