WWI - WWII

By HayleMackey

  • Francis Ferdinand Assassinated

    Francis Ferdinand Assassinated
    Location: Sarajevo
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    World War I

  • Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia

  • Austria declared war on Serbia

    Austria declared war on Serbia

  • Germany declared war on Russia

  • Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.

  • Britain declared war on Germany

  • The BEF started its retreat from Mons. Germany invaded France.

  • Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes.

  • Battle of the Marne started

  • First Battle of Ypres

  • Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side. Trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front.

  • The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place

  • Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles

  • Allied troops landed in Gallipoli

  • The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat

  • Italy declared war on Germany and Austria

    Italy declared war on Germany and Austria

  • The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians

  • Start of the Battle of Loos

  • The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli

    The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli

  • Conscription introduced in Britain

  • Start of the Battle of Verdun

  • British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia

  • Battle of Jutland

  • Start of the Brusilov Offensive

  • Start of the Battle of the Somme

  • End of the Brusilov Offensive

  • First use en masse of tanks at the Somme

  • Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister

  • Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started

  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany.

  • USA declared war on Germany

  • France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front

  • Start of the Third Battle at Ypres

  • Battle of Caporetto – the Italian Army was heavily defeated

  • Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front

  • British tanks won a victory at Cambrai

  • Armistice between Germany and Russia signed

  • Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks

  • Germany broke through on the Somme

  • Marshall Foch was appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front

  • Germany started an offensive in Flanders

  • Second Battle of the Marne started. The start of the collapse of the German army

  • The advance of the Allies was successful

  • Turkish forces collapsed at Megiddo

  • Germany asked the Allies for an armistice

  • Germany’s navy mutinied

  • Turkey made peace

  • Austria made peace

  • Kaiser William II abdicated

  • Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One.

  • Germany invaded Poland. First use of Blitzkrieg. Britain and France gave Germany an ultimatum to get out. Blackout and evacuation plans were put in place in Britain.

  • Russia's Red Army attacked Poland from the east

  • 1,150 German aircraft bombed Warsaw

  • Poland surrendered to Germany.

  • Russia's Red Army invaded Finland - the Winter War

  • The Battle of the River Plate was fought

  • Russia expelled from the League of Nations

    Russia expelled from the League of Nations

  • Hoare-Belisha dismissed as Minister of War.

  • food rationing began in the UK (butter, bacon and sugar)

  • Treaty of Moscow ended the Winter War.

  • Belgium surrendered

  • The Battle of Britain began.

    The Battle of Britain began.

  • Italy attacked Greece.

  • Britain and America declared war on Japan.

  • German troops enter Bulgaria

  • Germany declared war on America

    Germany declared war on America

  • Japan started her attack on the Philippines

  • Battle of Coral Sea ends in US victory

  • The 'greatest' tank battle in history occurred at Kursk.

  • Britain and America invaded Italy.

  • The start of a major Russian offensive into the Ukraine

  • The Americans started their drive to Rome.

  • Paris liberated by the Allies. Rumania declared war on Germany.

  • German troops in Boulogne surrendered.

  • German troops in Calais surrendered.

  • Hitler committed suicide.

  • Germany surrendered unconditionally.