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World War I

By maddiediring

  • Archduke Ferdinand assassinated

    Spark that ignites 2 alliances against eachother.
    Austria-Hungary's Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife were assasinated while visting Sarajevo, Bosnia.

  • Austria-Hingary declares war on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary has Germany to bakc them (as they take Serbia).
    Russia mobilizes.

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • Germany invades Luxemburg

  • Great Britain declares war on Germany

    Declares because Germany violated Belgium's neutrality

  • Serbia declares war on Germany

  • Germany and France go to war

    trench warfare, Germany is now attacking on WEstern and Eastern Fronts

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Belgium

  • Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire

  • France and UK declare war on the Ottoman Empire

  • First Zepplin raid on Great Britain

  • Germans begin submarine warfare on merchant vessels

  • Lusitania was sunk by German U-Boats

  • The British liner Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat

  • Italy betrays Alliance by declaring war on Austria-Hungary

  • Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • Germans suspend unrestricted submarine warfare

  • Serbia is invaded by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria.

  • Bulgaria declares war on Serbia

  • The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria.

  • France declares war on Bulgaria.

  • Italy and Russia declare war on Bulgaria.

  • Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare.

  • Battle of Somme begins

  • Italy declares war on Germany

  • The Central Powers create a unified command.

  • The Battle of the Somme ends with enormous casualties and no winner.

  • Zimmermann note intercepted

  • USA joins WWI

    due to continued unrestricted warfare and capture of Zimmerman Telegram

  • The United States of America declares war on Germany.

  • The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

  • Russia signs an armistice with Germany.

  • Woodrow Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points.

  • The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros.

  • Germany signs Armistice

  • Treaty of Versailles between the Allies and Germany: the Peace Conference opens in Paris.

  • Treaty of Versailles signed