WW1

By andreaarrif09

  • Archduke Francis Ferdinand was killed

    Gavrilo Princip assassinated Francis and his wife

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Beginning World War I

  • Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium

    Germany made plans to besiege France by crossing Luxembourg and Belgium but the two countries refused free passage to the German troops and were invaded.

  • France invades Alsace

    This was the opening attack of the First World War by the French Army against the German Empire. The battle was part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace.

  • British forces arrive in France

    General John French, commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), arrived in the port of Boulogne with a large number of troops.

  • Austria-Hungary invades Russia

    Austria-Hungary fights against Russia on the Eastern Front, marking an early conflict in the war.

  • Battle of Marne

    French army and the British Expeditionary Force against the advancing Germans who had invaded Belgium and northeastern France.

  • Allied forces land on the Gallipoli Peninsula (Ottoman Empire)

    British, Australian, New Zealand, and French troops want to take the peninsula, this led to a prolonged and bloody campaign.

  • German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania

    Crossing from New York to Liverpool (England) killing 128 Americans

  • German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania

    Crossing from New York to Liverpool (England) killing 128 Americans

  • Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary

    Italy joins the Allies, a new front is created against Austria-Hungary in the Alpine region.

  • Germany starts to attack on Verdun.

    Germany enormously assaults the city of Verdun, this was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war.

  • The United States declares war on Germany

    The U.S. joins the Allies after a series of provocations, including Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare.

  • American combat forces arrive in France

    They land in France, bringing strength to the Allies on the Western Front.

  • Russia signs armistice with Germany

    After the Russian Revolution, the new Bolshevik government leaves the war, signing an armistice with Germany.

  • Fourteen Points required for peace

    President Woodrow Wilson presents to Congress his outline of Fourteen Points required for peace

  • United States forces are victorious in the Battle of Cantigny

    The first independent American operation.

  • Ending World War I

    Germany signs the Armistice at Compiègne