World War II

By pestockman

  • Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo

    Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo

  • Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia

  • Austria declared war on Serbia

  • Germany declared war on Russia

  • Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.

  • Britain declared war on Germany

  • Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes.

  • Battle of the Marne started

  • Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side. Trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front.

  • Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles

  • The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat

  • Italy declared war on Germany and Austria

  • The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians

  • Start of the Battle of Verdun

    Fought between France and Great Britain

  • British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia

  • Battle of Jutland

    Naval war between Great Britain and Germany

  • Start of the Brusilov Offensive

  • Start of the Battle of the Somme

  • End of the Brusilov Offensive

  • First use en masse of tanks at the Somme

  • Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister

  • Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started

  • USA declared war on Germany

  • France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front

  • Battle of Caporetto – the Italian Army was heavily defeated

  • Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front

  • Armistice between Germany and Russia signed

  • Peace conference met at Paris

  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany.

  • The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.

  • Second Battle of the Marne started. The start of the collapse of the German army

  • Germany’s navy mutinied

  • Turkey made peace

  • Austria made peace

  • Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One.