-
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia -
Period: to
WORLD WAR 1 ENDS!!!!!!!!
The war is over between countries and it lasted 4 years -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
One month from the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning the First World War. -
Period: to
Germany invades Belgium
France called for an attack through Belgium, instead of through the Franco-German border. Belgium was neutral and its neutrality was protected by treaty with Great Britain. . -
Battle of Tannenberg
Fought between Russia and Germany -
Period: to
First Battle of the Marne
Fought to the north and east of Paris. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
1198 of 1959 died. There were only 761 survivors -
Battle of Verdun
Fought from February 21 to December 18, 1916, one of the largest and longest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies. -
Period: to
Battle of Jutland
A battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World War. -
Period: to
Battle of the Somme
Battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire. -
U.S Declares War
U.S declares War on central powers -
USSR Withdraws from War
Their forces were no longer able to participate, and they had suffered heavy losses up to this point. -
German Spring Offensive of 1918
The 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht, also known as the Ludendorff Offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, which marked the deepest advances
