WW1

Germany declares war on France

Aug 3, 1914

Two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declared war on France too.

Assassination of Archduke

Aug 3, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August. On June 28, 1919, five years to the day after Franz Ferdinand’s death, Germany and the Allied Powers signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially marking the end of World War I.

Second battle of Ypres

Apr 22, 1915

German forces shock Allied soldiers by firing more than 150 tons of lethal clorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres in Belgium.

Battle of Verdun begins

Feb 21, 1916

Longest single battle of WW1. It was to make General Philippe Petain a hero in France.

Battle of Somme

Jul 18, 1916

One of the biggest battles during World War 1. Took place on both sides of the river Somme in France. One of the bloodiest battles in human history. Fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire.

Russian Revolution

Mar 8, 1917

Demonstrators clamoring for bread took to the streets in the Russian capital of Petrograd. Supported by huge crowds of striking industrial workers, the protesters clashed with police but refused to leave the streets.

Agreement upon between Russian government and Central Powers

Dec 17, 1917

Immediately after their accession to power in Russia in November 1917, the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, had approached the Central Powers to arrange an armistice and withdraw from a war they saw as the major obstacle to their plan of providing food and land to the long-impoverished Russian peasant population.

Treaty of Brest-Litovisk

Mar 3, 1918

Peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Russia (the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey), that ended Russia's participation in World War I.

Second battle of Marn begins

Jul 15, 1918

Marked the turning of the tide in World War 1. It began with the last German offensive of the conflict and was quickly followed by the first allied offensive victory of 1918.

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

he Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War 1 had ended in 1918. Officially ends WW1