World War 1 before United States Involvment

By mshawn233

  • Francis Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo

  • Period: to

    World War 1 before United States Involvment

  • Austria-Hungary writes a note to Serbia

  • Autria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

  • Germany delcares war on Russia

  • Germany gives an ultimatum to Belgium

  • Germany declares war on France

  • Great Britain declares war on Germany

  • France declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • The British Army lands in France

  • Russia advances into East prussia

  • Japan declares war on Germany

  • The First Battle of the Marne begins. The Western Front is formed.

  • Great Britain declares war on the Ottoman Empire

  • England issues a blockade of U-boats

  • Second Battle of Ypres begins. The Germans use gas for the first time.

  • The cruise ship the Lusitania is sunk by German U-boats. 128 Americans die from the sinking of the ship.

  • Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • Cotton delcared a contraband

  • Brest-Litovsk falls

  • Austria-Hungary and German forces invade Serbia

  • Bulgaria declares war on Serbia

  • The Battle of Verdun begins

  • The Battle of Jutland begins

  • The British use the first tanks in the Battle of the Somme

  • The Allies give an ultimatum to Greece.

  • The Germans release peace proposals

  • French forces win the Battle of Verdun

  • Germany announces it will be starting unrestricted U-boat warfare

  • A revolution begins in Russia

  • Czar Alezander II is abdicated in Russia

  • The United States declares war on Germany