World War I - All Quiet on the Western Front

Assassination of Franze Ferdinand

Jun 28, 1914

• Princip shot Franze and his wife, Sophie, in Bosnia
• Sophie was shot in the stomach, who at the time, was pregnant
• Princip ended up killing three people total
• Princip was Serbian
• Austria wanted to use it as an excuse to punish Serbia

World War I

Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Austria presented ultimatum to Serbian Government

Jul 23, 1914

Austria declares war on Serbia

Jul 28, 1914

-Serbia begins with Russia, then moboloize
- Austria-Hungary invades Serbia

Germany declares war on Russia

Aug 1, 1914

Germany declares war on France

Aug 3, 1914

• German invasion of Belgium (Vov Schlieffen Plan)

Britain declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary

Aug 4, 1914

• after Germany incades Belgium

Japan declares war on Germany

Aug 13, 1914

Battle of Tannenburg starts

Aug 23, 1914

• ends August 30th
• fought in Russia

The Great Retreat starts

Sep 9, 1914

• ends September 14th
• begin trenches on western front = stalemate

Turkey (Ottomoan Empire) joins Central Powers

Oct 29, 1914

• allied Germany
• helped provide naval support bordering Russia

Russia declares war on Turkey

Nov 2, 1914

• Turkey had helped Germany invade Russia

Christmas Truce

Dec 25, 1914

• coluntary cease fire along the Western Front
• soldiers celebrate together

The Dardanelles Campaign starts

Feb 1, 1915

• all of February in general
• Russia asks help from Britain and France for the Turks
• British Navy attacks Turks in Dardanelles

Zeppelins

Apr 1, 1915

• All of April in general
• German's use of them increases
• Zeppelins drop bombs on London

Second Battle of Ypres

Apr 2, 1915

• poison gas used for the first time in WWI used in this battle
• German side used the gas
• several British casualties

Dardenelles/Gallipoli

Apr 3, 1915

• lasts about April in general through August
• British land many marines in Gallipoli
• Mission is still a failure though

Lusitania Sunk

May 7, 1915

• US angry at Germany U-boat Campaign
• contained 'women and children'
• really contained military supplies for the British

Italy enters the war

May 23, 1915

• on the side of the allies

Battle of Verdum starts

Feb 21, 1916

• lasts all the way until November
• no one wins = stalemate
• just under 1 million die

Battle of Jutland starts

May 31, 1916

• lasts all the way until June 1
• naval battle between the British and Germany
• British received most damage
• Germans retreated

Battle of Somme

Jul 1, 1916

• lasts all the way til November
• day 1 - 60,000 British casualties
• stalemate

Unit 2 are at school

Aug 1, 1916

• Paul and the rest of unit 2 are all attending school together
• there, is where Kanterok, a teacher, convinced all of them to join the army
• all of them decided to

Training

Nov 1, 1916

• Paul and his friends are at training for about 4 months
• Himmelstoff is their platoon corporal
• they all hate him very much, and think he's worthless

German U-boat Campaign

Jan 1, 1917

• actually just earlies 1917
• German's naval was ordered to improve
• all allied or neutral ships were to be sunk
• one month = millions sunk

US declares war on Germany

Apr 6, 1917

• joins the allied powers in war
• response to sinking

Paul arrives at the Western Front

Jun 12, 1917

• Paul gets to the front, along with the rest of the second unit

Kemmerick dies

Jun 19, 1917

• Kemmerick had gotten injured, and had his foot amputated
• at the time, Paul visited him
• Kemmerick realizes he doesn't have a use for his boots, without his foot, so he lets Paul give them to Mueller

Paul goes on leave

Jul 1, 1917

• Paul gets to go home for 17 days
• there, he struggles on whether to try and convince people, including his family, if he should convince them on how bad the war is for soldiers
• he also wants to save them from worry and anguish though

Paul stabs French soldier

Jul 28, 1917

• Paul is hiding in a shell hole, and a French soldier jumps in too
• this is the first time Paul has actually killed someone, and it's in hand-to-hand combat
• Paul struggles greatly with himself on whether it was the right thing to do

Paul is injured

Jul 31, 1917

• Paul's arm becomes broken by a piece of shrapnel
• Kropp also suffers injury to his leg, right below his knee

Paul goes to recover

Jul 31, 1917

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Dec 1, 1917

• actually just in December in general
• Russians sign the Armistice with Germany
• Russia surrendered Poland Ukraine, and other regions
• stops Socialist propganda
• pay 300 million roubles for prisoners

RAF formed

Apr 1, 1918

• all of April in general
• Royal Flying Corps + Royal Naval Airservice = Royal Air Force (RAF)

Paul returns to the front

Jun 1, 1918

Paul's friends start counting down

Jun 1, 1918

Battle of Amiens starts

Aug 8, 1918

• ends August 11th
• beginning of the end
• victorious -British attacked German sector of Amiens

Kat dies

Sep 1, 1918

Paul inhales poison gas

Oct 1, 1918

Paul sent home to recuperate

Oct 1, 1918

Paul dies

Oct 14, 1918

Allies recover France and Belgian

Oct 15, 1918

• mid-October in general
• took almost all German occupied France, plus parts of Belgium

Armistice with Turkey

Oct 30, 1918

• allies pushed back the Turks
• Turks had asked for an ARmistice
• the Armistice lets allies to Dardenelles

Hindenberg line Collapsed

Nov 1, 1918

• allies push Germans behind the Hindenberg line

Kraiser abdicated

Nov 9, 1918

• German Kaiser Wilheim II is abdicated

Armistice signed

Nov 11, 1918

• ended war
• signed in French town of Redonthes
• MY BESTFRIEND'S BIRTHDAY
  • she dared me to do that

Treaty of Versailles signed

Nov 28, 1919

• Germany signs the treaty this day