World War One (Carter S.)

The dual alliance (1879)

Oct 7, 1870

Austria-Hungary ally with Germany. They surroundseveralsmaller countries between them and France.

World War One

Period: Jan 1, 1879 to Dec 31, 1920

Austro-Serbian alliance

Aug 29, 1881

Austria-Hungary made an alliance with Serbia to stop Russia gaining control of Serbia.

Triple Entente

Feb 19, 1914

Britain, France and Russia agree to not sign for peace seperately. This means if one countries sign a peace treaty they all sign it

Archduke Ferdinand of Austria assassinated

Jun 28, 1914

Archduke ferdinand of Austria assassinated by serbian terrorists. Austria declares war with Serbia.

Russia joins the fight

Aug 1, 1914

Germany declared war with Russia after it mobilized the day before. This drew the rest of the alliance to the war.

France joins the fight

Aug 3, 1914

Germany had invaded Belgium and declared war on France and attempted to invade. This caused Britain's involvement in the war.

Britain joins the fight

Aug 4, 1914

France was attacked by Germany through Belgium. Britain was obliged to help.

Turkey joins the fight

Oct 29, 1914

Turkey takes Germany's side. Trench warfare begins to dominate the western front.

Zeppelins

Jan 19, 1915

The fiirst zeppelin raid on Britain takes place. This starts a new kind of warfare.

Lusitania

May 7, 1915

A german U-boat sinks a passenger liner. 128 passengers are American.

First tank

Sep 15, 1915

At Delville wood British aromor breaks barb wire and makes a path for infantry to move through. Tanks were still primitive and did not prove to be the decisive weapon the designers thought they would be.

Germans pull back sumbarine warfare

Sep 18, 1915

After sinking of the Lusitania and other neutrel passenger liners America is outraged so Kaiser Wilhelm pulls back unrestricted sumbarine warefare. This is an attempt to keep america out of the war but lets supplies be sent from America to other ally countries.

Sumbarine warfare resumes

Feb 1, 1917

Kaiser Wilhelm resumes unrestricted sumbarine warfare in trade ways. This of all German acts is what led to Germany's defeat since America joined.

The Zimmerman telegram

Feb 25, 1917

British inform U.S. president Wildrow Wilson that foriegn secretary Arthur Zimmerman sent an offer to Mexico that they side with Germany in the case that the U.S. enters the war. Mexico declines and tension between the U.S. Germany rise.

America joins the fight

Apr 6, 1917

German U-boats sank a multitude of American passenger and cargo ships. America declares war and joins the allies.

Lloyd George

Dec 7, 1917

Lloyd George becomes new british prime minister.

Germany surrenders

Nov 11, 1918

Germany signs armistice at 6AM and fighting ceases at 11AM. Germany stops all fighting involving itself.

Germans make peace with Russia

Dec 5, 1918

Germany and Russia sign an armistice. Peace resumes on the western front.

Peace conferance

Jan 4, 1919

Peace conference in Paris. Peace is made throughout Europe.

Treaty of versailles

Jun 28, 1919

Germans sign armistice in versailles, France. world war one officially ends.