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france signed treaty
treatyFrance forced to sign humiliating treaty with Germany that ends the 1870-1871 Fracnco-prussian War. -
sir william bridges
artillerySir william bridges recieved a commission into the new south wales permanent artillery, where he was stationed at in middlehead. -
sir william bridges.
south african warsir william bridges served during the south african war of 1899 and in may 1900 he had to evacuate to england because he was suffering from typhoid. -
russo- japanese war
russo-japaneserusso- japanese war results in disastrous defeat to russia and major civil unrest at home. -
bloody sunday
bloody sunday massacre by tsarist troops in St. petersbur gleft Russian workers dead and cost nicholas support among the workers and farmers. -
british battle ship
british launch first dreadnought class battleship. it had a all gun main battery of 10 twelve inch guns. the battle ship was laid down in 1905 and launched in 1906. it served as a flagship for the home fleet. -
sir william bridges
appointed chief of the general staff. where he concerned himself with Imperial Cooperation as a firm believer in the Imperial idea. -
germany-russian war
germany and francegermany mobilizes her armed forces and declares war on russia. they -
germany declares war on france
two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declares war on France, moving ahead with a long-held strategy, conceived by the former chief of staff of the German army, Alfred von Schlieffen. -
austria-hungary declares war on russia
austria-hungary declares war on Russia. russia was determined to defend the serbs-fellow slavs. austria- hungary was determined to punish serbia for the assassination of arche duke ferdinand. -
french soldiers on strike
mutinyover half a million french soldiers mutiny or go on strike and refuse to continue the failed offense -
death of Sir William Throsby Bridges
sir william bridges death he was the only Australian soldier who died overseas in the two world wars whose body was returned to home during the course of the war. -
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germany sinks U.S ships
germany sinks shipsgermany responds to U.S. anger by ceasing to sink ships without warning. the U.S. lied about what they were shipping and were sending allies weapons. -
withdrawing troops
gallipoliallies begin withdrawal of troops from gallipoli because of the 250,000 casualities. the allies did not have enough men for this. -
battle of verdun
battle of verdunthe battle of verdun is the longest battle of the war, the battle of Verdun, is fought to a draw with a estimated 1 million casualities. -
president wilson warns germany
sinking shipspresident wilson publicly warns germany not to continue unrestricted submarine warfare policies. because they would not except this kind of treatment and would act upon it. -
battle of somme
battle of sommethe battle of the Somme results in an estimated one million casualities. (british introduce tanks) -
french launce at chemin des dames
launchfrench launch disastrous offensive at Chemin des Dames, advancing only 500 yards with 250,000 casualities. some over the soldiers appeared to be indisclipined and refused to go to the front. -
14 points
14 pointspresident woodrow wilson declares his 14 points as the path to permenant world peace. -
german republic found
republic founda german republic is found This action marked the effective end to any discussion of reuniting East and West Germany. -
War Ends
world war endsNovember 11th at 11:00 o' clock on the eleventh day of the 11th month of 1918 the war ends as germany and allies sign an armistice. -
battle of jutland
battle of jutlandthe battle of jutland, the only major naval engagement of the war is fought with no clear winner
