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Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo.Gavrilo was one of six Bosnian Serb assassinators. -
The Beginning of World War I.
The spark that lit the fire of World War I was the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. -
Australia Decides to Help Great Britain.
The Australian Federal Government promises Great Britain 20,000 soldiers and the Royal Australia Navy if they are ever involved in a war, all under their control. -
The Australian Military Force Apooints a New Leader.
Major-General William Throsby Bridges is now in charge of the Australian Military Force and official changes it's name to Australian Imperial Force (AIF). -
Transportation of the ANZAC'S to England
The first convoy of transportational ships were sent to Europe form Western Australia. These ships carried the AIF and New Zealand Expeditionary Force. -
The Victory of HMAS Sydney.
One of the naval escort boats broke out of the convoy to attack the German light cruiser; Edmen. In doing so, he saved the Cocos Islands. -
The Departure of Kyarra.
An Australian Hospital departured Brisbane with Queensland nurses of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania encouraged the United States to join World War I, because 128 U.S. civilians died on the Lusitania because of the German's who shot one thorpedo. The American's were enraged and joined the United Kingdom side. 1,198 people died of the 1,959 on board. -
Battle of Verdun
The battle of Verdun was between the French and German sides, it lasted from thye 21st Febuary to the 18th of December, 1916. It was the longest battle in World War I.
The French won by recapturing most of it's land.
There were 714,231 casualties in total.
-377,213 French casualties
-337,000 German casualties.
On average, there were 70,000 casualties each month. -
The Battle of Somme
The battle was between Britain and France.
-Australian casualities: 23,000
United Kingdom casualties: 360,000
-Canadian casualties: 24,000
-French casualties: 204,000
-German casualties: 450,000–600,000
-New Zealand: 8000 -
The Battle of Vimy Ridge
The Battle of Vimy Ridge lasted three days! It was Canada and the United Kingdom against Germany, the outcome of this battle was Canada and the United Kingdom won but there were lots of casualties on either side. There were
- 10.602 casualties from the United Kingdom and Canada
- 4000 causalties from Germany -
The Battle of Passchendaele
The Battle of Passchendaele lasted 3 moths and 6 days, the British Empire, the Belgian and the French were against the German. There were
-200,000 - 448,614 casualties on the ally side
-217,000 - 410,000 casualties on the German side -
Battle of the Marne.
The battle of the Marne went on from the 15th of July to the 6th of August, 1918. The defensive side was France, United Kingdom and France against the German Empire. There were
-95,165 casualties for France.
-16,552 casualtiies for United Kingdom.
12.000 casualties for United States.
-9,000 casualties for Italy.
The end result were the allies won. -
The Battle of Ypres.
There were five battle of Ypres, but the last one was the main one.The battle of Ypres lasted from the 28th September to the 2nd October, 1914. It was the French, Belgian, United States and United Kingdom against the German empire. There were
-4,500 Belgian casualties
-4,685 United Kingdom casualties
-10,000 German casualties -
The end of World War I.
The end of World War I was when Germany signed the armistice with the allies. -
The Official End of World War I.
The official end of World War I was on the 3r4d of October when Germany repaid their debts.
