World War I for IB History Ducharme ASM

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  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Sarajevo
    Gavril Princip- Member of terrorist group Black Hand
    Made A-H furious and now had excuse to start a war!
    Start of July Crisis
  • Period: to

    Start to end of the first world war

  • Germany issues Blank Check to Austria-Hungary

    A-H went to Germany for full support and protection against Russia & Serbia! Germany gave them blank check- encouraging A-H to attack Serbia and start war

  • Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia

    A-H issued an ultimatum with extreme terms so Serbia would have no choice to reject, giving A-H a reason to go to war
    Said that no Anti-austrian propaganda and that troops would have to be in Serbia

  • Serbia declines ultimatum issued by Austria-Hungary

    Rejects part of ultimatum

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

  • Russia mobilizes

    As a threat to Germany

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • Germany declares war on France

  • German invasion of Belgium thus implementing Schlieffen Plan

    In order to get to France, Germany had to go through Belgium- Thereby, bringing Britain into the war under London Agreement

  • Wilson states that the US will remain neutral

  • Belgium enters war after border being crossed

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Belgium

  • Japan declares war on Germany

    Under military alliance to Britain

  • Battle of Tannenberg begins- Germans defeated Russian army

    German army, led by Erich Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg achieves its greatest victory of the war on the Eastern front against Russia at the Battle of Tennenberg.

  • Battle of the Marne- Allies stopped German invasion of Paris

  • First trenches on Western front dug

  • Battle of Ypres

  • Turkey enters the war on Germany’s side

    Trench warfare started to dominate Western front

  • Christmas Truce

    Unofficial Christmas Truce declared by soldiers in the trenches along the Western Front.

  • First Zeppelin raid on Britain

    War officially becomes "total war"

  • Germany Submarine Blockade of Britain

    ermany declares a submarine blockade of Great Britain. Any ship approaching England is considered a legitimate target.

  • Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles

  • Allied troops landed in Gallipoli

    Allies begin nine-month battle for the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli.

  • The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat

    U-boat sinks the Lusitania. 1,198 civilians, including 128 Americans die.- Important event for US entry of WWI

  • Italy declared war on Germany and Austria

    Italy enters war with Triple Entente

  • The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians

  • British use gas in battle

    British use gas in battle near Loos, but shifting winds cause 60,000 British casualties.

  • Start of the Battle of Loos

  • The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli

  • Allies begin withdrawal of troops from Gallipoli.

  • Conscription introduced in Britain

  • Start of the Battle of Verdun

    Germany attacked France (idea they were at a breaking point)
    aim: isolate GB
    bombardements
    began on 21 Feb
    3km in 3 days
    General Petain
    German supplies ran out
    Germany was pushed back
    7000,000 deaths
    led to pacifism within France
    The longest battle of the war, the Battle of Verdun, is fought to a draw with an estimated one million casualties.

  • USA warns Germany

    US President Wilson publicly warns Germany not to continue unrestricted submarine warfare policies

  • British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia

  • Battle of Jutland

    The Battle of Jutland, the only major naval engagement of the war is fought with no clear winner.

  • Start of the Battle of the Somme

    further west
    initiated by the French
    began in July
    aim: divert German resources from Verdun
    600,000 casualties
    no evident gain
    failed and was evident quickly
    added to “war of attrition”
    The Battle of the Somme results in an estimated one million casualties and no breakthrough for the Allies. British introduce the tank, an effective weapon but far to few to make much of a difference.

  • First use en masse of tanks at the Somme

  • Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started AGAIN

  • USA declared war on Germany

    President Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war with Imperial Germany.

  • France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front

    French launch disastrous offensive at Chemin des Dames, advancing only 500 yards at the cost of 250,000 plus casualties.

  • Start of the Third Battle at Ypres

    known as Passchendaele, results in minor gains, but still no breakthrough in the Western front at the cost of 700,000 casualties for both sides.

  • Battle of Caporetto – the Italian Army was heavily defeated

  • Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front

  • British tanks won a victory at Cambrai

  • Armistice between Germany and Russia signed

    The new Russian government, represented by Leon Trotsky, signs an armistice with Germany.

  • Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks

  • 14 POINTS

    President Woodrow Wilson declares his 14 points as the path to permanent world peace.

  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany

  • Germany broke through on the Somme

  • Second Battle of the Marne started. The start of the collapse of the German army

  • Germany asked the Allies for an armistice

  • German republic is founded.

  • Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One.