history dates wwi

triple entente formed

1907

triple alliance formed

1905

unification of germany after defeating france in franco-prussion war

1871

formation of italy

1861

german goods competing w/ british in foreign markets

1890

first german naval law

1898

second german naval law

1900

HMS dreadnought launched

1906

british expeditionary force set up

1906

richard haldane (minister of war) visits berlin

1912

russian state defence council set up

1905

france makes agreement w/ italy to have control of morocco

1901

britain + france agree to french mandate over morocco

1904

kaiser wilhelm II visits tangier (first moroccan crisis)

march 1905

algeciras conference

1906

second moroccan crisis

1911

number of dreadnoughts built 1906-14

britain: 29 vs germany: 17

features of HMS dreadnought

800 soldiers + could blow up ships 32km away

young turk revolution

1908

bosnian crisis

1908-9

first balkan war (6 months)

1912

second balkan war (bulgaria attacked serbia + greece)

1913

'unity of death' (black hand) formed

1911

assassination of franz ferdinand

28th june 1914

germany sent blank cheque to austria-hungary

5th july 1914

austria-hungary sends list of demands to serbia

23rd july 1914

serbia agreed to austria-hungary's apart from one

25th july 1914

russia promises support to serbia

26th july 1914

austria-hungary declares war on serbia + starts shelling belgrade

28th july 1914

russia mobilises

29th july 1914

germany sends ultimatum to russia to stop mobilising

31st july 1914

france mobilises

31st july 1914

germany declares war on russia

1st august 1914

treaty of london (britain agrees to protect belgium's neutrality)

1839

britain sends germany telegram to not enter belgium

2nd august 1914

germany declares war on france + enters belgium

3rd august 1914

britain declares war on germany

4th august 1914

battle of mons

august 1914

battle of the marne

september 1914

first successful use of tanks

400 at battle of cambrai broke 8km in 3 days

first use of tanks

battle of the somme

battle of cambrai

1917

second battle of ypres

1915

first use of gas (chlorine)

second battle of ypres

fuse 106 developed by britain

1916

battle of the somme

june-november 1916

number of shells fired at battle of the somme in allied artillery attack

1.73 million

casualties on first day of the battle of the somme

57470 allies + 8000 germans

battle of the somme casualties

620k allied + 450k germans

battle of passchendaele

july-november 1917

battle of passchendaele casualties

240k allied + 220k german

battle of heligoland bight

1914

german raids on british towns

1914

battle of dogger bank

1915

battle of dogger bank casualities

15 british + 1000 germans

battle of jutland

1916

ships sunk at battle of jutland

14 british vs 9 german

unrestricted subwarine warfare announced by germany

february 1915

number of german u-boats in 1914

21

amount of allied shipping destroyed in 1915 by german submarines

4% of allied shipping

germany reintroduces unrestricted submarine warfare

1917

number of german u-boats in 1917

200

amount of allied shipping destroyed in 1917 by german submarines

800k tonnes

german u-boats return to port

october 1918

number of german u-boats destroyed by depth charges 1918

22

amount of german u-boats destroyed by q-ships

10%

sinking of the lusitania

7th may 1915

people killed in lusitania

over 1000 including 128 americans

gallipolli campaign

1915

losses from allied naval bombardment at beginning of gallipolli campaign

3 battleships + 300 sailors

success of gallipolli evacuation

135k troops w/ 300 weapons + only 3 casualties

gallipolli evacuation

10th december 1915 - 9th january 1916

number of people killed in gallipolli campaign

48000

zimmermann telegram

1917

treaty of brest-livosk (russia surrendered after 2 revolutions set up bolshevik gov.)

march 1918

ludendorff offensive

march-july 1918

start of ludendorff offensive

600 guns performed 5 hour bombardment

amount german infantrymen advanced after ludendorff offensive

65km by july

american troops gained control of german salient in 4 days

september 1918

infrastructure built by american troops in france

enlarged ports + 1600km railway lines

second battle of the marne

july 1918

hundred days offensive

august-november 1918

battle of amiens

august 1918

features of battle of amiens

artillery barrage -> creeping barrage -> 500 tanks

allies broke through hindenburg line

october 1918

armistice signed!

11th november 1918

kiel mutiny

october 1918

number of germans killed by spanish flu

400k

abdication of kaiser wilhelm II

9th november 1918