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Revoultion of russia
Between 1914 and 1917 Russia loses more than two million soldiers and officers in World War One. The conflict becomes highly unpopular and sparks two revolutions. Lenin's Bolsheviks seek a way out of the conflict by concluding an armistice with Germany before the Brest-Litovsk Treaty. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War. -
Battle of Tannenberg
Battle of Tannenberg was one of the most devastating defeats suffered by the Russian Empire in World War I. Gen Yakov Grigoryevich Zhilinsky was chief of the general staff until early 1914. His plan envisaged an offensive against the Germans simultaneously with the main thrust against the Austrians. -
Battle of Marne begins
First Battle of the Marne begins. The Germans had advanced to within 30 miles of Paris, but over the next two days, the French are reinforced by 6,000 infantrymen who are transported to the front by hundreds of taxis. The Germans dig in north of the Aisne River, and the trench warfare that is to typify the Western Front for the next four years begins. -
The first Battle of Ypres
Fought between October and November 1914 in West Flanders, Belgium, it was the climax of the Great War. The battle introduced trench warfare, which became commonplace along the Western Front for the rest of the conflict. It was horribly bloody, Allied soldier losses including 54,000 British, 50,000 French, and 20,000 Belgian soldiers killed, wounded, or missing -
Gallipoli Campaign
On 25 April 1915 British and French troops landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Dardanelles Strait. The Ottoman empire closed the straits at the start of the war, cutting off Russia from the Mediterranean. Australia and New Zealand lose more than 10,000 men in the disaster. -
Verdun, the longest battle
On 25 February 1916 German forces launch an offensive at Verdun, east of Paris, to "bleed France white". The Battle of Verdun is the longest of the war's Western Front. More than 300,000 men are killed altogether and hundreds of thousands more wounded. -
Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland (31 May - 1 June 1916) was the largest naval battle of the First World War. It was fought between the British and German fleets of 'dreadnought' battleships. 250 ships and around 100,000 men took part in the confused and bloody action. -
Somme, the bloodiest war
The 141-day Battle of the Somme is the bloodiest battle of World War One. More than a million casualties, including about 400,000 dead or missing, have been recorded. The five-month battle is the deadliest in Britain's history, with 20,000 killed or missing in the first hours. The war lasted a total of 5 months. -
The U.S. declares war on Germany.
On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House agreed two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 6, 1917. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Russia and the Central Powers, which ended Russia's participation in World War I. The treaty was signed at German-controlled Brest-Litovsk, -
Second war of Marne
On July 15, 1918, near the Marne River in the Champagne region of France, the Germans begin what would be their final offensive push of World War I. Dubbed the Second Battle of the Marne, the conflict ended several days later in a major victory for the Allies. -
Armistice
Hit hard by four major German offensives in early 1918, the Allies, reinforced by US troops, launch a broad counter-offensive. Germany's allies begin to collapse, and Kaiser Wilhelm II is forced to abdicate. On 11 November a German delegation, meeting Foch, agrees to an armistice. Also, all Allied prisoners of war are to be released. -
The Treaty of Versailles signed
On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, France. The treaty was one of several that officially ended five years of conflict known as World War I (Great war)