WWI Timeline of Loving Chickens

By sneezychickens

  • Revolution overthrows Austria-Hungarian Emperor

    Austria had durned into a war-weary and exhausted population that suffered from food and fuel shortages, and was pushed to prepare for new military operations. The Harsburg reign disappeared because of the economic catastrophe.

  • Germany officially united

    After the French deeat, the German Empire was unified at the Palace of Versallies.

  • France loses Alsace and Lorraine to Germany

    This was a territory created by the German Empire after the annexation of most of Alsace and the Moselle department of Lorraine. This followed the victory of the Franco-Prussian War.

  • Triple Alliance formed

    The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

  • Russo-Japanese War

    This was a war fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea.

  • Triple Entente formed

    The Triple Entente was made up of England, France, and Russia.

  • Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia

    The announcement of the annexation upset the fragile balance of power in the Balkans.

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated

    The killing of the Archduke sparked the outbreak of WWI.

  • Ottoman-Germany alliance formed

    The alliance was formed to strengthen and modernize the failing Ottoman Empire, and provide Germany a safe passage into neighboring British colonies.

  • Schlieffen Plan put into action

    The Schlieffen Plan devised a deployment plan for a war winning offense in a one-front war against the French Third Republic.

  • Japan declares war on Germany

    Japan's Navy prepared an assault against Tsingtao with two battalions given to them by Britain.

  • Battle of Marne

    This battle was by the French army and British Expeditionary Force, who defeated Germany.

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    This effectively begins the First World War.

  • Lusitania sinks

    Germany uses their submarines to sink the Lusitania in warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

  • Battle of Verdun

    This was a 10 month long battle between French vs. Germans. This battle had no strategic advantages!

  • Battle of Somme

    This was a 5 month battle fought between the English and French vs. Germany. Only 5 mines were gained out of this battle.

  • Unrestricted submarine warfare commences

    This is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules.

  • Zimmermann Telegraph found

    The Zimmermann Telegraph was a moarse code telegraph sent to Mexico for help from the Germans because Germany wanted to attack America.

  • Tsar Nicholas II abdicates

    Tsar Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and Titular King of Poland. He was named Nicholas the Bloody, and percieved responsibility for the Russo-Japanese war.

  • US declares war on Germany

    Wilson's reasoning for war is to make the world "Safe for Democracy." This war started the First Total War, devoting all resources to the homefront.

  • Bolsheviks emerge as a political group

    In Russian, Bolshevik means "One of the Majority." This party siezed control of the government in Russia.

  • Vladimir Lenin seizes power in Russia

    After the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, widespread starvation and ridiculous military failure in WWI left Russia in a state of desperate revolt, lead by Lenin.

  • Fourteen Points proposed

    President Woodrow Wilson proposed this plan for world peace during the Paris Peace Conference.

  • Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    This treaty ended the was in the east, which ended Russia's participation in WWI.

  • Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates

    The Central Powers crumble. The German soldiers mutiny and the public turns on Kaiser Wilhelm II.

  • Treaty of Versallies signed

    The Treaty of Versallies ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was used to try to prevent another war.

  • Stalin takes over Russia

    Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union for 32 years. He became the effective dictator of the state.

  • Germany stops reparation payments to France

    France had to occupy the Rhur to enforce payments.