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World War 1 was the first war to have armored cars. -
On Sunday, 28 June 1914, at about 10:45 am, Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sparked the beginning of WW1. -
It was determined to take decisive action against Serbia and, by now, knew this risked war with Russia, Serbia's supporter. -
The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. -
Mons was a humiliating defeat for the proud BEF, where a total of 1,638 British servicemen lay dead. -
Germany declared war on France. To avoid the French fortifications along the French-German border, the troops had to cross Belgium and attack the French Army by the north. -
Russia, France, and Great Britain formalized their alliance with a treaty stipulating that no member of the partnership would make a separate peace with their mutual enemies -
The First Battle of the Marne marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare that was to characterize World War One. -
It was the climactic fight of the “Race to the Sea,” an attempt by the German army to break through Allied lines and capture French ports on the English Channel which opened access to the North Sea and beyond. The battle was extraordinarily costly in terms of casualties. -
A British-French fleet had made several attempts to breach Ottoman defenses in the Dardanelles but had suffered a decisive defeat on 18 March 1915. -
The Lusitania became a focus for British and American propaganda and was used to bolster recruitment efforts. However, Germany claimed that the sinking was justified because munitions were being carried on board. -
Somme offensive was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the First World War. -
France repelled the German assault, saving the city of Verdun and winning a major morale boost. -
During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of czarist rule. -
Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917. -
It lasted over 100 days. In that time, the Allies advanced about 5 miles for the loss of over 250,000 soldiers killed, wounded or missing. -
the Canadians attack on November 10 and clear the Germans from the eastern edge of Passchendaele Ridge before the campaign finally ground to a halt. -
World War I Ends. On November 11, 1918 an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I. -
The Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany and the Allied Nations on June 28, 1919