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Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on this day in 1914. he was visiting the troops who had come home so he could thank them. -
Britain Declare War On Germany
Britain declared war against Germany because Germany attacked Britain 3 days earlier. German troops swarmed across the Polish border. Britain and France had sworn to defend Poland. Honoring these obligations, the two countries sent messangersto Hitler demanding his withdrawal from Poland, but hitler denied -
Germany declared war on Belguim
Germany declared war on Belguim becuase of the earlier attack to their base. Germanay won this battle. belgium brang in 3 armys to help and did not accomplish anything. -
Gallipoli Landing
The landing in ANZAC cove for the 16th battalion was about 1000 men strong. Overnight they lost 8 officers and 330 men. on the 3rd of May, 8 days after the start of the battle, only 9 officers and 290 called there names ou in the roll call. the war ended on December 20th 1915 -
Battle of Lone Pine
this battle was fourt by the ANZACS and the ottoman empire. This battle lasted 4 days. This happened during the gallipoli landing was taking place. -
Last allied troops evacuated from Gallipoli
These were the last allied troops in the Gallipoli landing. it was estimated that over 130,000 people dieed trying to evacuate from the ANZACS and Sulvia's troops. -
First conscription referendum held in Australia
On 1 January 1911, the Commonwealth Defence Act 1911 was passed. This meant that that all males aged 12 to 26 years of age would receive compulsory military training. This, however, did not force them to participate in the war itself when the time came. The actual conscription debate began in 1916 -
Battle of Pozieres
Pozieres, a small village in the Somme valley in France, was the scene, cowardly fighting for the 1st, 2nd and 4th Australian Divisions in mid 1916. The village was captured in the 1st division on 23rd of July -
USA enter the war
This is the first appearence of USA in WW1 as they join the allies and declare war on Germany. Two days after the U.S. Senate voted 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the declaration by a vote of 373 to 50, and America formally enters World War I. -
Battle of Fromelles
romelles was the first major battle fought by Australian troops on the Western Front. Directed against a strong German position known as the Sugar Loaf salient, the attack was intended primarily as a feint to draw German troops away from the Somme. -
Third battle of Ypres
The Third Battle of Ypres was the major British offensive in Flanders in 1917. It was planned to break through the strongly fortified and in-depth German defences enclosing the Ypres salient, a protruding bulge in the British front line, with the intention of sweeping through to the German submarine bases on the Belgian coast. -
Bolshevik Revolution Begins
When Czar Nicholas II dragged 11 million peasants into World War I, the Russian people became discouraged with their injuries and the loss of life they sustained. The country of Russia was in ruins, ripe for revolution. -
Second conscription referendum
In 1917 Britain sought a sixth Australian division for active service. Australia had to provide 7000 men per month to meet this request. Volunteer recruitment continued to lag and on 20 December 1917 Prime Minister Hughes put a second referendum to the Australian people. -
Germany spring Offensive
Germany attacked the western front during WW1 in late march, using troops released from the Eastern Front. Germany planned to win the war before USA entered but did not go as planned -
Battle of Somme begins
250,000 Allied shells were escorted to German positions near the Somme, and 100,000 British soldiers poured out of their trenches and into no-man’s-land on July 1, expecting to have way cleared for them. However, German machine guns had survived the attack, and the infantry were attacked. By the end of the day, 20,000 British soldiers were dead and 40,000 wounded. this lasted for over four months. -
Allied Counter Offensive
In the spring and summer of 1918, replenished by new divisions transferred from the East after they defeated Russia, however the German army launched a new campaign on the Western Front. Appearances, however, were deceptive. -
Armistice Signed
the final Allied push towards the German border began on October 17, 1918. As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers began to collapse. Turkey signed an armistice at the end of October, Austria-Hungary followed on November 3.
