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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
When Archduke was visiting Sarajevo, a group of Serbian nationalists plotted to assassinate him. There first attempt of bombing him at a parade failed but the second time that day they managed to shoot Archduke and his wife killing both almost instantly. -
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WW1 Timeline
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War is Declared
It started when Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia, then other countries started joining in. Germany declared Russia, France, and Belgium. Britain declared on Germany. -
Battle of the Marne
This was the first battle of World War 1. It was started by the French army against Germans who were advancing by invading Belgium -
The First Battle of Ypres
The battle was fought in West Flanders, Belgium. The German army attempted to break through allied lines to capture French ports to gain access to the North Sea. 54,000 British men, 50,000 French, and 20,000 Belgium soldiers were either wounded or killed. This battle was the introduction of trench warfare. -
The Gallipoli Campaign
Allied troops plotted to allow there ships in to pass through the Dardanellas, Constantipole to get Otterman Turkey out of the war, however this plan failed. -
Sinking Of The Lusitania
A German U boat torpedoed a luxury British steamship killing 1195 people including some Americans, this event angered the US. -
Battle of Verdun
The battle of Verdun was the longest battle of WW!, it lasted from February 21st to 18th of December 1916 on France's Western Front -
Battle of the Somme
The battle of the Somme was one of the deadliest battles in history. The french had intended to take a victory with this battle, on the first day the British took out 19,240 German soldiers. More than 3 million men fought in this battle, one million were either killed or wounded. The allied won this battle, it ended on November 18, 1916. -
US Enters The War
After the sinking of the Lusitania and the Germans killing Americans, the US was angry and allied with France. -
Battle of Passchendaele
This was one of the most exhausting battles, they fought in horrific conditions, 150,000 soldiers died, and even though the allies achieved victory, both sides were all collapsed and exhausted in flanders mud. -
Signing of the Armistace
Major attacks from the French forced Germany to retreat on all sides, they were crucially impacted and began losing allies. Bulgaria, Austria, and Turkey all signed armistices. This lead to the Treaty of Versailles later on. -
Battle of Mons
This was the last battle of WW1, Canadian corps had captured Mons and Belgium which was kept by the Germans since 1914, this happened hours before hearing that Germany agreed to an armistice. -
Treaty Of Versailles
The treaty ended the war of Germany and allied powers, this treaty forced Germany to take all responsibly for WW1 and was signed at the Palace of Versailles exactly 5 years after Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination. -
German Reparations
After signing the treaty of Versailles Germany had to pay the repercussions of their actions with harsh reparations for the damage they have caused during the war -
The remapping after WW1
After the countries Germany invaded were liberated the world power began to remap boundaries setting free Russia, Belgium and Poland from Germany clutches.