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World War I

  • Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo

    Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo
    The heir to the Austro-hungarias throne and his wife were killed while they were going to a hospital in Sarajevo by car.
  • Austria declared war on Serbia

    Austria declared war on Serbia
    After the murder of Francis Ferdinand, Austria blamed Serbia of it, as Gavrilo Princep, the murderer, was a Bosnian student related to Serbian nationalist organizations.
  • Germany declared war on Russia

    Germany declared war on Russia
    Russia tried to help Serbia against Austria, and Germany, who was an Austrian ally, declared war on Russia.
  • Germany declared war on France

    Germany declared war on France
    Germany, who was planning to attack Russia, asked France to be neutral, but it answered with a general mobilization. Germany declared war on France and tried to invade it, and the invasion nearly arrived to Paris.
  • UK declared war to Germany

    UK declared war to Germany
  • Germany declared war on Serbia

    Germany declared war on Serbia
  • UK and France declared war on Austria-Hungary

    UK and France declared war on Austria-Hungary
  • Battle of Tannenberg

    Battle of Tannenberg
    It was a battle in the Eastern Front between Germany and Russia. Germany won.
  • First Battle of the Marne

    First Battle of the Marne
    It was a battle between France and Germany in the North of Paris. France won and stopped the invasion of Germany.
  • Poison gas first used by Germans in attack on Canadians at Belgium

    Poison gas first used by Germans in attack on Canadians at Belgium
    The poisoning gas was a really important innovation in World War I. Germany had 168 tons of gas, and it produced a huge claud.
  • Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

    Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
    A German submarine attacked the RMS Lusitania, which was a British ocean liner. Of the 1,962 passengers and crew aboard Lusitania, only 764 could survive.
  • Italy declared war on Austria and Germany

    Italy declared war on Austria and Germany
  • Zeppelins in London

    Zeppelins in London
    German Zeppelins bombard suburbs of London.
  • Battle of Verdun

    Battle of Verdun
    It was a very important battle in Worls War I, fought between Germany and France in the Western Front. France won, but there were more than 140000 kills in each side.
  • Battle of the Somme

    Battle of the Somme
    It was a battle in the Western Front between UK with France against Germany. It was one of the bloodiest battles in history, and more than one million people were killed. Germany won.
  • EUA declared war on Germany

    EUA declared war on Germany
  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
    It was a peace treaty signed by Russia and the Central Powers, which ended Russia's participation in World War I.
  • Second Battle of the Marne

    Second Battle of the Marne
    It was the last great battle of Germany in the Wastern Front. The Entente Powers won.
  • The Armistice is signed

    The Armistice is signed
    The armistice was signed and the fight of World War I ended. It is also known as the Armistice of Compiègne becaus it was signed in a train inside the Compiègne forest.
  • The final Treaty of Versailles is signed

    The final Treaty of Versailles is signed
    It was the most important of the peace treaties of Worls War I, beacause it ended the state of war between the Entente Powers and the Central Powers. It was signed exactly five years after the assassination of Francis Ferdinand.