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Schlieffen Plan
Von Schlieffen started creating this plan -
Franz Ferdinand's assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed by a member of the Bosnian Serbian nationalist terrorist oganization, The Black Hand Gang. -
Beginning of World War One
Austria declared war on Serbia.
Short term consequence of the assassination of the Archduke -
Germany declared war on Russia
Germany had an alliance with Austria-Hungary so they attacked Russia -
Germany declared war on France
Germany's war declaration on France is a long term consequenece of the Schlieffen plan. -
The Great War
Britain declared war on Germany because of its invation of neutral Belgium.
The great war is a short term consequence to the invation of neutral Belgium. -
The Battle of the Somme
A trench war where around one million soldiers were killed, wounded or missing -
End of War
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Paris Peace Conference
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Treaty of Versailles
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League of Nations