World War 1 notes

Key events in

World War I

Source 1 A timeline of some key events and

developments of World War | (1914-1918)

1882

The Triple Alliance is formed

between Germany, Italy and

Austria-Hungary.

28 July 1914

Austria-Hungary

declares war on

Serbia.

4 August 1914

Britain declares

war on Germany.

Australia declares

war.

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1905

1914

1907 .

The Triple Entente is

formed between Britain,

France and Russia.

1-4 August 1914

Germany declares

war on Russia and

France, and invades

28 June 1914 •

neutral Luxembourg

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

and Belgium. World

(heir to the Austro-Hungarian

War I begins.

throne) and his wife are

assassinated in Sarajevo,

Bosnia-Herzegovina.

5-10 September 1914

French and British armies

halt the Germans in

Belgium and France.

December 1915

The Anzacs

withdraw from

Gallipoli.

15 September 1914

Trench warfare on the

Western Front begins.

1915

29 October 1914

Turkey enters the

war on the side of

Germany.

25 April 1915

The Anzacs land

at Gallipoli.

1916

July-November 1916

The Battle of the Somme;

tanks are used for the

first time.

28 October 1916

The first referendum

on conscription is held

in Australia.

April 1917

The USA enters

the war.

1917

1917

Fighting continues

on the Western Front.

Battles are fought at

Passchendaele, Ypres,

Pozières and Bullecourt.

• March 1916

The Australian Imperial

Force (AIF) joins the fight

against Germany on the

Western Front.

October 1917

Communist revolution

begins in Russia

April 1918

Australian troops

recapture the town

of Villers-Bretonneux

in France - costing

the lives of around

1200 Australian troops.

July 1918

The Battle

of Le Hamel

1918

11 November 1918

The Armistice

(ceasefire) is signed;

World War I ends.

1919

8 August 1918•

The Battle of Amiens begins.

This day will later come to be

known as the 'Black Day for

the German Army'.

March 1918 •

The Ludendorff Offensive

begins - a final attempt by

Germany to break through

the Allied lines and win the war.

January-June 1919 •

The Paris Peace Conference

is held to decide the fate

of Germany; the Treaty of

Versailles is drawn up.