World War One Timeline

By Brannndon

  • Gavrilo Princip fired two shots

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, visit Sarajevo in Bosnia. A bomb is thrown at their auto but misses. Undaunted, they continue their visit only to be shot and killed a short time later by a lone assassin. Believing the assassin to be a Serbian nationalist, the Austrians target their anger toward Serbia.
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  • Russia mobilizes to defend Serbia

  • Germany orders France and Russia to stop mobilizing

  • France mobilizes to supports its Russian ally

  • Germany declares war on Russia

    Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization.

  • Germany declares war on France

  • Germany invaded Belguim

  • Britain declares war on Germany