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WWI Timeline
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The Assassination of Franz
In June of 1914 Franz Ferdinand was given an invitation to visit the Serbian-Bosnia capital called Sarajevo. in this capital is where the nationalist terrorist organization known as the Black Hand was. A member of the Black hand threw a bomb under his car to kill him he would escape but civilians would be hurt in the attack. He then went to a hospital to see the civilians but would make a wrong turn he would be shot 3 times this was the spark that started WWI -
Austria declares war on Serbia!
After the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary planned war for Serbia which is where the assassination took place. They planned or waited 1 entire month after the assassination. Then on July 28th of 1914 is when the war was finally public. Later that day they launched the first artillery on Serbia, this would upset Russia greatly -
Russian Mobilization
When Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia this upset Russia and felt it had to step in to save the Slavic Country. And so it began to ready it's troops for Mobilization to Serbia. It officially announced this mobilization 2 days after the invasion began. Russia was not going to let Serbia fall. -
Germany chooses war!
Once Russia mobilized its troops to Serbia, Germany saw this as a threat to them and Austria-Hungary. Because of this the next day July 1st Germany told them to back off and demobilize, they did not respond and so they declared war on August 1st with Russia. However France was an Ally of Russia and so 2 days after they declared was on Russia they did the same with France which would start the Multi-Front War. -
The Belgium Invasion, & The British Declaration
after they declared war on France, Germany realized it would be very difficult to invade the border of France, so they invaded Belgium. They did this because they assumed the border of Belgium and France was less protected than the German-French border. And so they declared war and began their invasion on August 4th in Belgium. In response to this United Kingdom would send in ultimatum to call off the war, Germany would not reply and so The British would join the war. -
35 Miles Of Paris!
while the war had gone on Germany had slowly advanced into France. Germany intending on taking France via this battle in forty days. However 1 of the commanders veered off the main plan to attack a weakened division of France because of this they couldn't support the other army, this put a split between them causing them to lose and fail the plan. if the commander did not veer off its likely France would of fell. -
The Ottoman-German Alliance
The Germans and Ottomans Have had a Secret treaty before WW1 but on august 2 they agreed to ratify this treaty to Europe. This alliance was intended to strengthen the ottoman empire and so Germany could attack British colonies. On august 5th they stuck to this alliance with Germany. However they stalled their involvement in the war until October 29th when they finally joined to add Germany. -
Italy joins The Allies!
Before joining the allies, Italy was part of the central powers. However they did not engage in the war. That was until the London treaty which said that if Italy joined the allies they would get some of Austria and some of the ottoman empire. -
The First Use Of Chemical Warfare
During the march to France, the French and the Germans fought each other this battle took place on April 22 1915. The Germans then decided to use a new weapon, Chlorine gas they used this on the French and British trenches. this battle resulted in over 7,000 deaths. Which would be the first use of chemical warfare. -
Bulgaria joins The Central Alliance!
After about one year into the war, Bulgaria joins the central powers in 1915. The sole reason that Bulgaria joins is the hope of reclaiming land that they had lost, mainly Macedonia. -
The Battle Of Somme
while Germany invaded France they reached the river of Somme, this battle would be the deadliest battles in all of human history, a total death count of over eight hundred thousand deaths, in the end the end the victor was not decided. -
America Joins the War!
Following the sinking of American ships via the naval conflicts, and the sinking of the Lusitania caused America to abandon its neutrality act. This caused America to wage war on Germany and finally join the allies. -
The Russian Revolution
during the final year of the war Russia would undergo a civil war. this civil war was preformed by Vladimir Lenin and the communist party to reform Russia. -
Russian Surrender
Following the Revolution and the constant fighting of the front lines Russia signed a treaty with Germany as the revolution the front lines it was all to much for their disorganized military, So they folded and gave up. -
The Treaty of Versailles
Following America's involvement, Britain, Italy, and France Germany finally couldn't take it and they lost. This then started the Treaty of Versailles where Germany could only have 100k soldiers, no navy, tanks, air force, no soldiers on the Rhineland, and 6.6 million dollars and so ends the second world war.