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Archduke assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28, 1914 by Gavrilo Princip. -
First Battle of Yrpes
First World War battle fought around Ypres, in western Belgium during October and November. -
Second Battle of Yrpes
Was the first mass use by Germany of posion gas on the Western Front. -
Beginning of Battle of Verdun
Was one of the largest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies. -
Second Battle of Verdun
The German siege of Verdun and its ring of forts, which comprised the longest battle of the First World War, has its roots in a letter sent by the German Chief of Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, to the Kaiser, Wilhelm II, on Christmas Day 1915 -
Battle of Jutland
was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World War -
Battle of Mount Sorrel
was a local operation in World War I by three divisions of the British Second Army and three divisions of the German Fourth Army in the Ypres Salient, near Ypres, Belgium, from 2 to 14 June 1916 -
Third Battle of Ypres
was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire. -
Russia signs arm armistice with Germany
an armistice was signed between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) on the one side and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire—the Central Powers—on the other.[ -
Battle of the Somme
was also one of the bloodiest military battles in history. On the first day alone, the British suffered more than 57,000 casualties, and by the end of the campaign the Allies and Central Powers would lose more than 1.5 million men.
