wh dates ww1

1908

Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina

1914

Balkan tension is high, and Serbia won the local conflicts and wants Bosnia and Herzegovina

June 28, 1914

Austria-Hungary assassination

July 23, 1914

Austria gives Serbia an ultimatum

July 28th, 1914

Austria declared war on Serbia, as they did not agree to the offer

August 1, 1914

Germany declared war on Russia as Russia mobilized

August 3, 1914

Germany declared war on France, as France was allied with Russia

August 4, 1914

Britain declares war on Germany as Germany went into neutral Belgium

September 3, 1914

Germany got to Paris

September 5, 1914

Allies attack Germany at the Marne River

September 13, 1914

Germans are driven back 60 miles

December 1914

Germany helps Austria to defeat Russia, and Russia is out of Austria-Hungary

December 24, 1914

Front lines of Flanders had a Christmas celebration

February 1915

Gallipoli campaign by the Allies

May

bloody stalemate

May 7th, 1915

German U-Boat sinks British passenger ship (Lusitania)

December 1915

Allies give up (250,000 deaths)

1916

slaughter at its peak (majority of deaths), Russia’s war effort nears collapse

February 1916

(Verdun) Germany attacks France, and 300,000 men die on both sides

July 1916

(Somme River) The British attack Germany, and 20,000 British soldiers are killed

November 1916

800,000 deaths, and the battle ends

February 1st, 1917

unrestricted sub warefair sink without warning to any ship

February 1917

Zimmermann telegram to Mexico

Germany asks Mexico to fight the US

April 2, 1917

The US declares war on Germany

March 1917

civil unrest, 5.5 million casualties, many didn't want to fight

Nov. 1917

Liene seized power and wanted a truce with Germany

March 1918

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the war between them was over

Late May 1918

Germany regains the Marne River

July 1918

Second Battle of Marne

Nov. 9th, 1918

Whillhem steps down as Germany’s leader and declares a republic

Nov. 11th, 1918

World War 1 is over at 11 am

Armistice day

June 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles is signed