WWI Events

By jramirez89

  • 1914 Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Serb Gavrilo Princip was the assassinator. He was assassinated because he was wealthy and next in line for the throne, along with the fact that many people in the Balkans were angry by Austria's annexation of Bosnia.

  • The Central Powers

    This was an alliance between Germany Austria-Hungary the ottoman empire in Bulgaria. Their plan was to take over France in all of western Europe and Asia.

  • The Schiefflin plan

    The Chi phone plan with a plan that called for a quick strike through Belgium Germany to Paris France. The plan was also designed to prevent a two from war for Germany.

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    This was triggered after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.

  • The Schlieffen Plan

    This plan called for a quick strike through Belgium to Paris, France. The plan was designed to prevent a two-front war for Germany.

  • The Allies

    This was an alliance between nations such as Great Britain France if you’re Russian Empire. They were all fighting to defend the aggression from Germany in the central powers.

  • First Battle of the Marne

    The Germans invaded Belgium. The Schlieffen Plan first was working causing the allies back to Marne River (25 miles from Paris)

  • Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

    Sinking of RMS was caused by a GermanY torpedo that killed roughly 1,198 people on board.

  • First Battle of Somme

    This battle was fought In the No Mans Land” in between enemy trenches. No man’s land was a terrible biting conditions it would just open fields barbed wire razor wire mud, quicksand, and craters.

  • Russian Revolution

    Some major causes of the Russian revolution were the Bloody Sunday in 1905 and Russians defeat in the Russian Japanese war. The Russian revolution was a time. A political and social revolution.

  • US gets involved

    With the sunken U.S. merchant ships and civilian casualties rising,

  • Russia surrendered WWI

    Russia’s economy is me taking a hit during WWI so they had to do something about it. Russia’s economy is really taking a hit during WWI so they had to do something about it. Much Russia’s signed the treaty of breast little desk with the Central Powers that officially under the region in the world world.