WW1 Events

  • Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand

    This was the immediate cause of WW1
  • The Schlieffen Plan

    The Schlieffen Plan
    It was a major plan for the German army to race west to defeat France, and then east to defeat Russia. This caused a war between the British and Germans.
  • Battle of Tannenberg

    The first major battle on the East front. It was between Russia and Germany. Germans were the victorious army at the end of this.
  • First Battle of the Marne

    First major battle n the western point, it left the Schlieffen Plan in ruins.
  • Gallipoli Campaign

    An effort to take Dardenelles by New Zealand, and French troops made repeated assaults on the Galliopi Peninsula on the western side.
  • Armenian Deportation

    Armenion, Constantinople, and other leaders were deported from the area and assassinated.
  • Battle of Verdun

    One of the biggest battles on the Western Front. This was between Germny and France
  • Zimmerman Note

    Zimmerman Note
    When British tld the U.S that German was going to attack. This caused the United States to enter WW1
  • Implementaion of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

    Implementaion of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
    Policy Germans announced that their submarines would sink without warning any ship in the waters around Britain. This was a cause of the U.S entry in war
  • U.S Entry

    U.S Entry
    After the Zimmerman Note and the Implementation of unrestricted submarine warfare, the effect was the U.S joined the allies side.
  • Armistce

    Armistce
    This was a treaty that caused WW1 to come to a end
  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
    Treaty between new Bolshivik government of Soviet Russian and the central powers. This caused the end of Russia's participation in WW1.
  • Second Battle of Marne

    Last major German battle on the western front.