WWI

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  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand started WWI

  • WWI Started

    One this date the war was started exactly 1 month after the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

  • Germany Declares War

    Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization

  • Germany Declares War again

    Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium. Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium

  • British Land Down

    The first British troops land in France. The 120,000 highly trained members of the regular British Army form the British Expeditionary Force commanded by Field Marshal John French.

  • Great Britain And France Declare War

    Great Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary. Serbia is invaded by Austria-Hungary.

  • Japan Declares War

    Japan declares war on Germany. The Japanese then prepare to assist the British in expelling the Germans from the Far East.

  • Austria invades Serbia

    Austria invades Serbia. This is the third attempt to conquer the Serbs in retaliation for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

  • Germany Declares Waters

    Germany declares the waters surrounding British Isles to be a war zone in which ships can be sunk without warning.