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Archduke Franz Ferdinands Assassination
Archduke franz ferdinand and his wife are shot by a serbian nationalist in sarajevo. This event is said to have sparked World War 1 -
Austria declare war on serbia
This was known as the officially start of World War 1. Austria-Hungary was threatened by Serbia and prepared for invasion of Serbia. On July 28 Austria-Hungary's military stormed Serbia. -
Germany Declared War on Russia
Russia refused to comply with Germany's idea of aforesaid military acts. Russia crosses Germany's lines , at which point Germany declare war on Russia. -
britain declare war on germany
Britain delivered a ultimatum to Germany requesting the same neutraility that was given by France to Belgium. Germaany's answer was unsatisfactory, resulting in a declaration of war on Germany. -
Battle of marne Begun
The Germany military got within 30 miles of paris. while the French military went to bordeux. On the 6th of september 150,000 French soliders attacked one of the German flanks. this was the beginning of the battle of marne. it lasted 6 days. -
First Battle of Yrpes
After the German military's loss at the battle of marne, the race to sea begun. German and Belgiium both fighting near yrpres. -
Trench Warfare started on western front
Trench Warfare was when armies dug deep trenches as thier only protection from machine gun fire. sometimes trenches were only meteres away from the other armies trenches. the Germans called these trenches the Western Front which ran for nearly 700km from Belgium to the Swiss border. -
Britain attacked turkish forts in the dardenelles
This was a key objective from the begining of the war. Turkish and German miltaries had this strait under control. Until British and French Battleships attacked, but unfortunetly were unsuccesful and many ships were sunk. -
Allied Troops land in Gallipoli
After failed attempts by the French and British, they called upon the AIF(Australian Imperial Force) soliders and NZEF (New Zealand Expeditionary Force) soliders which combined to make the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp (ANZAC). at dawn on april the 25th anzac soliders raided Gallpoli. This was the when the Australian Campain begun. -
Italy declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary refused to let Italy to have territory in Austria-Hungary coastline. The Italian government went to the allies before the Germans could press Austria-Hungary to accept Italy's requests. But it was too late. Italy declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. -
Battle of Loos begins
The Battle of Loos was conducted by the French and the British to overpower the Germans. On September 25th 1915 the offensive began with over 250,000 shells fired ina four day bombardment. -
Part 2 The Evacuation of the Alllies
They didn't want to evacuate, they requested nearly 100,000 troops but were offered only a quarter of that forcing them to evacuate. The evacuation of the allies was seen as the most successful operation in the entire war for the allies. -
Part 1 The allies begun evacuating Gallipoli
Allies started a full retreat of gallipoli after a disatrous landing earlier that year which resulted iin over 250,00 alied casualties. The Turkish lost around the same amount of soliders. allied forces tried to evacuate on batleships, but the Turkish sunk 3 ships and damaged 3. They left by land. the allies made self firing guns to make it look like they were still there. These guns fired when a bucket filled to the top with water, setting off a round of bullets. -
Battle of Verdun begun
The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle. The British started the Battle of Somme just to take some pressure off the French at Verdun. The Germans attacked Verdun to change the course of the war by Humiliating France and killing heaps of French soliders. -
The Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland saw the British military lose more ships and men, but come out of the battle still a powerful naval forces whereas Germany was not. Battle of Jutland was known as the only major naval battle in the war, and put Germany in a position where they couldnt put to sea agin during the war. -
The Start of the Brusilov Offensive
3 Russian fronts attacked German lines and Austro-hungary lines.they all attcked at once so it couldnt be defended. -
Battle of Somme Begun
Britain lost 58,000 men on the first day of the Battle of Somme. the Battle of somme was intended to divert some of the pressure Germany was putting on France at Verdun. This was followed by a 8 day bombardment of German lines, so British and French Forces could take control of German front lines. -
USA declares war on Germany
Germany tried to entice Mexico into an alliance against the USA. A couple of days later the USA declared war on Germany and later declared war on Austria-Hungary. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed by Russia and Germany
This treaty bought an end to the war between Russia and Germany. Germany didn't sign at first, but quickly changed their mind when Russia advanced. The Treaty stated that Germany could have access to some of Russia's land to support their military effort in the west. -
Germany signed an armistice with the Allies
With the Turkish and Austria-Hungary militaries signing armistice, Germany began to crumble. On November the 11th 1918 Germany signed armistice ending World War 1. -
Signing of the Treaty Versailles
The signing of the Treaty Versailles was the official end of World War 1. Held in Versailles in Paris. The main focus after this was to recover from the devastation that World War 1 had caused. -
Part 1 Overview of The Australian Campaign
331,781 Australians served during WW1 out of those
60,284 died and 152,284 wounded. 66 men were awarded the Victoria Cross. When Britain declared war on Germany many Australians were enthuiastic to join the army. These Troops were sent to egypt first, before landing on Gallipoli on April 25th 1915. Following Gallipoli Australian Forces joined the stalemate on the western front, which lasted until 1917. -
Part 2 Overview of the Australian Campian
When the war ended, thousands of ex-servicemen, many disabled with physical or emotional wounds, had to be re-integrated into a society keen to consign the war to the past and resume normal life.
