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The Spark: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdiand
The Archduke of Austria-Hungary is assassinated along with he wife -
The Start of World War 1
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia -
Everyone else declares war on each other
Germany declares war on Russia, France, and Belgium. Britain declares war on Germany. Austria declares war on Russia. Montenegro declares war on Austria. France declares war on Austria. Britain declares war on Austria. Montenegro declares war on Germany. Japan declares war on Germany. Austria declares war on Belgium. -
First Battle of WW1 the Marne
Germans Advanced within 30 miles of Pairs but eventually France is reinforced and Germany digs up tenches which is also the start of a 4 year long trench warfare. -
Britain and France declare war
Britain and France declare war on the Ottoman Empire -
The Second Battle of Ypres begins
Germans start the use of chemical warfare in the modern era this results in 1.3 millionn deaths. -
The Second Battle of Ypres begins.
The German army initiates the modern era of chemical warfare by launching a chlorine attack on Allied trenches. -
Landings begin on the Gallipoli Peninsula at Cape Helles (British 29th and Royal Naval divisions) and at ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Cove.
The attempt was to catpure Ottoman Capital constinoble but resulted in failer for the allies 200,000 dead -
Lusitania sinking
A british ship Lusitania is torpedoed by a German U-boat off the southern coast of Ireland and 1,200 people are killed, including 128 U.S. citizens. -
The Battle of Verdun
Over the next 10 months, the French and German armies at Verdun, France, suffer over 700,000 casualties, including some 300,000 killed. By the battle’s conclusion. over 10 million shells remained in the soil around Verdun -
The First Battle of the Somme
it was a British offensive and it was intended to draw German attention from Verdun -
The Russian Revolution
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates the throne after a week of riots in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg -
USA delcares war on germany
U.S. Pres. Woodrow Wilson had cited Germany’s practice of unrestricted submarine warfare and the “Zimmermann Telegram” -
Russia takes itself out the war
This was the result of deaths and the russian revolution. -
Germany signs armistice
This signing marks the end of world war 1 when alied forced invanded germany succesfully