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WWI Timeline
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The Start of WWI
On June 28, 1914 Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Franz and his wife were leaving to an event when a member of the Bosnian shot fire 3 times two bullets hitting Franz and his wife causing enteral bleeding. The assassination was led to provoke the Austro-Hungarian empire to declare war on Serbia. -
State of war in Germany
Germany declared war on Russia and ordered its own general mobilization. France knew that it had faced German invasion, but was clear that it must stand or fall with Russia. Germany declared war after Russia refused to stop preparing for war after their ally Serbia's was going into war -
Naval battle of Dogger bank
Naval engagement between British and German battle cruisers during World War I. The war took place near Dogger bank in the North sea. The result was a British victory, all though this was a German plan the German navy delayed further signification action against the British fleet for more than a year. -
U- boat blockade
Germany declared a war zone around Britain, which merchant ships were sunk without warning. This unrestricted submarine warfare angered neutral countries, especially the United states. -
Austro- Hungarian note to Serbia
At 6 o'clock in the evening of July 23, 1914 the Austro-Hungarian Minister at Belgrade presented to the Serbian government a note containing the demands of the Dual Monarchy with regard to the suppression of the Pan-Serbian movement and the punishment of Serbians alleged to have been concerned in the murder of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
Fort of Douamount
On this date the battle begun with a massive artillery bombardment and a steady advance by troops of the German fifth army under crown prince Wilhelm. Five days into the battle, German forces captured fort Douamount, the largest and highest of the 19 forts protecting Verdun. -
Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun began on 21 February 1916 when the German army began pounding the forts and trenches with artillery fire. The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse. -
The battle of Somme
This battle took place between July 1 and November, 1916. After 18 months of deadlock in the trenches of Western front, the allies wanted to achieve a decisive victory. This battle was fought for the Germans with their allies of France. This lasted for 5 months. -
The Zimmermann Telegram
On January 16, 1917, Zimmermann sent a telegram to the president of Mexico, Venustiano Carranza. In exchange for Mexico's involvement in World War I, In return they'd Give Mexico the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in exchange for their help. This was an anticipation of resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare. -
Revolution in Russia
The revolution triumphed when regiment after regiment of the Petrograd garrison defected to the cause of the demonstrators. The soldiers, some 150,000 men, subsequently formed committees that elected deputies to the Petrograd Soviet. Therefore Mikhail Rodzianko and others formed the Provisional Committee of the State Duma as the official government of Russia but were contested by the formation of the Petrograd Soviet. -
America broke with Germany
In 1917, Germany, determined to win its war of attrition against the Allies, announced the resumption of unrestricted warfare in war-zone waters. Three days later, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and just hours after that the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat. -
German invasion on Russia
Fighting resumed briefly on the Eastern Front, but the German armies advanced quickly, and both Lenin and Trotsky soon realized that Russia, in its weakened state, would be forced to give in to the enemy terms. Negotiations resumed later that month and the final treaty was signed on March 3, 1918. -
The Germans big offensive
With its forces greatly bolstered by this influx, the German high command launched a massive offensive with the goal of ending the war before the full might of the United States which had entered the war in April 1917 could be brought to bear against Germany. -
End of War
Germany accepted responsibility for starting the war. Germany offered to pay for all the damage, but could not pay because they did not have enough money so instead they gave up territory to Belgium, Czechoslovakia and Poland, return Alsace and Lorraine to France and cede all of its overseas colonies in China, Pacific and Africa to the Allied nations. Germany was also demilitarized to 100,000 men therefore the country was forbidden to draft over 100,000 soldiers. -
Treaty of Versailles
After the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919, between Germany on the one side and France, Italy, Britain and other minor allied powers on the other, officially ended war between those countries.