World War 1

  • Assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdinand
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Serbian Nationalist named Gavrilo Princep. Set off the powder keg in Europe.
  • Austrian-Hungarian empire declares war on Serbia

    Due to the assassination, the Austrian-Hunagarian Empire declared what was expected to be a short war on Serbia.
  • Germany Invades Belgium

    To execute the Schlieffen Plan, Germany had to go through Belgium in order to invade France.
  • Battle of Tannenberg

    Germans defeated the Russian army on its way to invade Germany.
  • First Battle of the Marne

    The Allies stopped the German Invasion of Paris.
  • Dardanelles Campaign Begins

    Campaign Begins
  • Sinking of the Lusitana

    A British passenger ship, sunk by a German U-boat.
  • Battle of Verdun

    The French held their line against a German offensive until December of the same year, during the longest battle of the war.
  • Battle of Jutland

    An indecisive naval battle between German and British fleets.
  • Battle of the Somme

    A disatrious allied offensive at the Somme, where Allied casualities numbered in the millions.
  • US Declares War

    The United States enters into the first World War, declaring war on the Central Powers.
  • USSR withdraws from the War

    Russian revolutionaries setup a Communist government, attempting to make peace with the Central Powers.
  • RAF Formed

    The british Royal Air Force is formed.
  • German Spring Offensive off 1918

    A series of German Attacks along the Western Front.
  • Second Battle of the Marne

    The turning point of the war, in which the Allies defested the Central Powers and advanced continuously until the end of the war.
  • Battle of St. Mihiel

    General Pershing leads the American Army to Victory.
  • Austrian-Hungarian Empire Surrenders

    The Austrian-Hungarian Empire surrenders,
  • Kaiser Abdicted

    Wilhem 11 is overthrown, and a German Republick is made.
  • World War 1 Ends

    The Central Powes, tired of fighting, sign the armistice that ends World War 1.