WWI Timeline

By hlord18

  • Assassination of Francis Ferdinand

    Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife made a visit to Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia. He was murdered by Gavrilo Princip.

  • Austria-Hungary Declares War

    Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.

  • Russia Begins Mobilization

    Russia began mobilization as Serbia's protector.

  • Germany Declares War

    Germany declared war on Russia.

  • Invasion of Belgium

    Germany invaded Belgium, hoping to get to France. This brought Britain into the war.

  • Stalemate

    A stalemate in trenches occured 30 miles outside of France.

  • Ottoman Empire Enters War

    The Ottoman Empire enters the war on the side of the Central Powers.

  • Italy Enters War

    Italy enters the war on the side of the Allies.

  • Lusitania Sunk

    The Lusitania was a British passenger liner carrying 1,200 passengers and 129 Americans. It was sunk by a German U-Boat.

  • Bulgaria Enters War

    Bulgaria enters the war on the side of the Central Powers.

  • Romania Joins War

    Romania enters the war on the side of the Allies.

  • Sussex Torpedoed

    The Sussex was a French passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat. 2 Americans died.

  • Sussex Pledge Signed

    German U-Boats had to alert ships before firing on them.

  • Battle of the Somme

    Britain suffered 20,000 casualities in the course of a day.

  • Russian Government Overthrown

    The Czar Nicholas II was overthrown and the government replaced with a republic.

  • America Enters War

    America enters the war on the side of the Allies.

  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act is signed. Essentialy the draft.

  • All Ships Travel In Convoy

    All American ships traveled in a convoy. No U-Boat attacks.

  • Congress Passes Lever Food and Fuel Control Act

    These acts limited fuel and food to save it for the war effort.

  • Bolsheviks Overthrow Russian Government

  • Wilson Introduces 14 Points

    Wilson introduces his 14 points for peace.

  • Vladmir Lenin Signs Peace Treaty

    Vladmir Lenin signs peace treaty with Germany.

  • Influenza Epidemic

    A new strain of Influenza came about. It disabled about 500,000 German troops.

  • Americans Recapture Cantigny

    Americans recapture the village of Cantigny.

  • Marine Corp Stops German Attacks

    The Marine Corps stops German attack at Belleau Wood and Chateau Thierry.

  • Germans Launch Attack at River Marne

    The German army attacked the river Marne, America sent 28,000 troops to help.

  • Battle of Amiens

    Allied armies stop the German invasion in the north.

  • Battle of St. Mihiel

    American troops get Germany out of a long held stronghold.

  • Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire Make Peace

    Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire make a seperate truce with the U.S.

  • Austria-Hungary Shatters

    Austria-Hungary was split when the Poles, Hungarians, Czechs, and Slovaks declared indebendence.

  • Germans Mutiny

    The German navy mutinys to avoid needless loss of life.

  • Armistice Signed

    An armistice was signed between the Allies and Central Powers at 5:00 A.M.

  • Peace Conference Held in Paris

    Wilson headed the U.S. delegation.

  • Peace Conference Accepts League of Nations

  • Germans Sign Treaty of Varsailles

  • Congress Votes to Disregard Treaty of Versailles

    But Wilson vetoes.

  • Reperation Commision Rules Against Germany

    The Commision ruled that Germany needed to pay the Allies $33 billion in reperations.