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Dual Alliance
In 1879 Germany and Austria-Hungary agreed to form a Dual Alliance to protect each other in the event of case of war. It was also done in an attempt to limit and prevent war. -
Triple Alliance
In 1882, Italy decided to join Austro-Hungary and Germany in their Dual Alliance, forming the Triple Alliance. The alliance agreed to defened each other if anyone was attacked by Russia of France, the agreement was renewed in 5 year intervals. (DATE UNKOWN) -
Italy leaves the Triple Alliance
Five months after the Triple Alliance was renewed, Italy reached an agreement with France that they would both become neutral in the event of an attack on the other. Although the alliance was renewed in 1907 and 1912, Italy went into World War I in May 1915, opposing to Germany and Austria-Hungary. -
Entente Cordiale was signed
In 1904 the United Kingdom and France signed a series of agreements called the Entente cordiale, a friendly agreement that they both were opposing to Triple Alliance. -
Triple Entente
In 1907, the Anglo-Russian Convention was signed, connecting the three countries of the Triple Entente, Britan, Russia and France. -
First Balkans War Begins
The first Balkans War was in the lead up to WW1, between Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Greece, against the Turkish. This was to rebal against the Ottoman Empire, thid was what set off Nationalism. -
Balkans War Ends
After only a few months of fighting, the Balkans league was victorious. The war was over in December 1912, but was made official in May when the Treaty of London was signed by all parties to deal with territorial issues. -
Assassination of Franz Fernidand
Frans Fernidad was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire. A Serbian-Bosnian group of 7 assains called the Black Hand, planned to kill him while on an insepection of troops. While the first 3 attempts to kill Fernidad were unsuccesful, one managed to injure some passerbys. After the insepection Franz wished to see the victims but on the way his driver took a wrong turn, giving Gavrilo Princip, who was buying a snadwich the time to shoot the heir and his wife. -
WW1 Begins
The war began due to multiple disputes between "The Great Powers" (Italy, Austro-Hungary, Germany vs Britan, france, Russia) and all of Europe. The tension that sparked had been building for years over power hungry leaders and empires, but the last event to add to the fire was the assassination of Franz Ferndinad -
Race to Sea
The Race to the Sea is the name given to the early years of the First World War when the two allieances were engaged in mobile warfare on the Western Front. -
First Battle of Ypres Begins
The first battle of Ypres was the last battle included in the Race to Sea. It was fought in a little Belgium town of Ypres, between British, France and Belgium forces against German forces. -
First Battle of Ypres Ends
The battlle had a total of allied casulties 126,957-161,957 and 134,315 German ones. The Allies had a decisive allied victory. -
Second Battle of Ypres
The second battle had 6 stages: The Battle of Gravenstafel, The Battle of Saint Julien, The Battle of Frezenberg, The First Battle of Bellewaarde, The Battle of Hooge, The Second Attack on Bellewaarde. The war was between France, Africa, UK, Canada, British India. -
Second Battle of Ypres
There 70,000 dead, wounded, or missing on the Allied side, and 35,000 on the German side. One of the most memorable events of the Battle is the Gas attack on Gravenstafel, that involved gas being spread over 6.5 km. -
Race to Sea Ends
The race to the sea was over with the First Battle of Ypres (Oct-Nov 1914) when the British prevented the Germans to capture the Channel ports. The result of the Race to the Sea was 2 continuous lines of trenches, from the Belgian North Sea coast to the Swiss border, which cut off movemtn on the Western Front for 3 years. -
Battle of Lys Begins
The Battle of Lys (4th Battle of Ypres) was fought between an allied side of British -and it's own alliances- Portugal, Belgium and France, against Germany. Britans allies included Australia an Canada. -
The Battle of Passchendaele
Also known as the 3rd Battle of Ypres, took place on the Western Front, for control of the south and east sides of Ypres in part of a strategy decided by the Allies at conferences in November 1916 and May 1917. The allies were made up of Britan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, France, South Africa and Belgium against Germany. -
Battle of Passchendaele Ends
Passchendaele has been said to have been "indeed one of the greatest disasters of the war" ending in 200,000 – 448,614 allied 217,000 – 410,000 German casualties. -
Battle of Lys Ends
After only 20 days of fighting, both sides had around 120,000 casulties and losses. Towards the end of April, french reinforcements had arrived, and the German High Command called off the offensive, ending the battle. -
WW1 Ends
WW1 ended on the 11th day, of the 11th month, 11 minutes past the 11th hour. On this date the leaders of both sides held a meeting in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage at Compiegne. The Armistice was signed at 6am and came into force five hours later. This day has become known as rememberance day all over the world. -
Austro-Hungary leaves Alliance with Germany
On an unkown date, Austro-Hungary withdrew from the now dual alliance with Germany, to form a mediterranean alliance. (UNKOWN DATE) -
WW1 effects on Aus
In Australia, there were no effects of destrustion on the country, but it helped shape the identity of our nation. The soldiers were recognised for the bravery and diggers even today have the upmost respect of all Australians. We celebrate them every Anzac and Rememberance Day.
