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Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo
Archduke Ferdinhand and his wife were assassinated by the Serbia Millitary. The assassination was carried out by 5 Serbians and 1 Bosnian. This event sparked the first world war -
WW1 Offically Started
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Britain declares war on Germany
Britain declared war on Germany because they invaded Belgium.Belgium were regarded to be a neutral country. That is why Britain thought they had to take action. On the same day Germany declared war on Russia -
Austalia joins the war on the side of Britain
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The battle of the Frontiers
The Battle of the Frontiers took place in France and in Southern Belgium. The battle was tough because of the collision of the German and the French plans. The French held strong on the border and held the Germans off. The Germans flank failed because the French new exactly what they were doing. -
French and British armies halt the Germans
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Trench warfare on the western front begins
On the Western Front the Germans and Turkes were well equipt with grenades and ammo. This gave them a massive advantage over the other countries. The coubtries fighting Turkey often were slaughtered by their heavy machine guns. -
Turkey enters war on the side of Germany
Turkey entered ww1 on the 28th of October 1914 with the bombing of Russian Black Sea ports. This meant that the Russians had no ocean support. The Germans tried very hard to keep the Turkes on their side. The Turkish had a great army and were hard to beat in any circumstances -
The ANZACS land on Galipoli
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The ANZACS withdraw from Galipoli
The ANZACS had no other choice because they were never going to defeat the Turkes. The Turkish had such a strong defence that the ANZACS could not gain any meters. The ANZACS lost many soilders -
The Australian Imperial force (AIF) joins the fight against Germany on the western front
The First Australian Imperial Force was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during World War 1. The first AIF included The Australian Flying Corps. A total of 331,814 Australians were sent overseas to serve the AIF. The AIF was a voluntary force -
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The Battle of the Somme: tanks are used for the first time
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The first referendum on consciption is held in Australia
Australian troops on the western front enlisted voluntary. As the causualties multiplied the Australian Goverment was notified. Britain needed 5500 soilders to serve on the western front to maintain a solid battle -
USA enters the war
When the war erupted in 1914 the USA tried to be neutral country. The British were pressing the US into sending troops to the war. The US congress declared war on Germany in 1917. The USA were an important factor to the war because they had many resources that were unknown -
Communist revolution in Russia
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political and social protests in Russia. The revolt destoryed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Russian SFSR. The emperor was forced to change the government. This really effected Russia's infuence on the war because they were in a revolt. -
The Ludendorff offensive
The Ludendorff offensive begins- a final attempt by Germany to break through the Allied lines and win the war. -
Australian troops recapture the town of Villers- Bretonneux in France
The Germans invaded Villers-Bretonneux in France after days of trying on the 24 April 1918. Orders for the immediate recapture of Villers-Bretonneux were met with a plan to launch an attack by two troop brigades. The unusual night attack began on the 24th and won nearly instantly. -
The Battle of Le Hamel
The Battle of Le Hamel was an arrangement launched by the Allies on 4 July 1918. It was the latest in a series of local actions done by the Allies to end in success. It came at a time when the offensive moral of the German army was starting to fall to a low. -
The Battle of Amiens
The Battle of Amiens begins. This day will later come to be known as the "Black Day" for the German Army. -
WW1 has ended
This happened because Germany started to crumble. The German republic was declared and peace was given to the allies. At 5am in the morning of November 11th an armistice was sighned in a French forest near the front line. There was no celebration on the Western Front because they all wanted to go home -
The Paris Peace Conference is held to decide the fate of Germany
The Confrence took place in Paris during 1919 and involved diplomats from 32 countries and nationalities. The conference was about the fate of the Germany and the treaty of versailles is drawn up
