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Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia
On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia beginning World War I. -
Germany declared war on France
Germany declared war on France because Germany was planning to attack Russia and they knew France would honor its alliance with Russia. -
Battle of the Marne
The French 6th army attacked the German 1st army. Happened at the end of the 1st month of WW1. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German army. Ended on September 12th -
First battle of Ypres
First World War battle fought around Ypres. Ypres is in Western Belgium. Allied and German forces begin the first part of 3 wars to control the city's -
2nd battle of Ypres
Again another battle over the Flemish town, Ypres. Major attack launched by German forces. Both sides developed more sophisticated gas weapons in the end. -
Battle of Gallipoli begins
Also known as the dardanelles campaign. Was an unsuccessful attempt by the allied powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia during the First World War. Began with a naval attack by British and French ships on the Dardanelles Straits -
German submarine sank the British ship Lusitania
The earlier German attacks on merchant ships off of the south coast of Ireland prompted the British to warn the Lusitania to avoid the area. The captain ignored the British and at 2:12 on May 7th the ship was hit by an exploding torpedo. -
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
Austria- Hungary enters the war today, They entered on the side of the allies. The Austrians and the Italians had 11 wars break out. Italy eventually received control of Tyrol in Austria, and Hungary and a spot on the League of Nations -
British Troops withdrawal from Gallipoli
Allied forces begin a full retreat from the shores of Gallipoli ending a disastrous invasion of the Ottoman Empire. The Gallipoli campaign resulted in 250,000 Allied casualties. Roughly an equal number of Turks were killed or wounded. -
10,000 British troops surrender to the Turks
Some 10,000 soldiers under the command of Sir Charles Townshend give in on April 29, 1916, after withstanding nearly five months under siege by Turkish and German forces at the town of Kut-al-Amara -
Battle of Jutland
Battle of of Denmarks North Sea Coast. Began with gunfire between the German and British scouting forces. Both sides claimed victory but the British maintained control over the North Sea -
The British Army first uses tanks
Introduced during the warfare at the Somme. British against the Germans. At the end of the day 20,000 British soldiers were dead because the German artillery weapons were too much. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was an communication system issued from the German Foreign Office in January, 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany. -
America declares war on Germany
America had caused damage to Germany since 1914. In February, the British gave the American ambassador in London a copy of the intercepted German telegram. The telegram stated that in an event of war, Germany and Mexico would form an alliance and Germany would fund all of Mexico's conflicts with the US -
First U.S. troops arrive in France
The first 14,000 U.S. infantry troops land in France at the port of Saint Nazaire. The landing site had been kept secret because of the menace of German submarines. -
Jerusalem fell to Allies
The city fell after a single day of fighting. It strengthened the Turkish lines from Jerusalem to the sea. Both of the commanders had been specifically instructed of the necessity to avoid fighting either in or immediately around the holy city itself. -
Russians sign Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers that ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
Second battle of Marne
The last major German battle along the Western Front. Developed into an Allied victory. Casualties were high. -
Germany signs armistice and Fighting finally ends
Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies on November 11, 1918 which finally ended all of the fighting. After 4 years of conflict, the war had finally come to an end. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties signed at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
