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Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the very start of World War One. -
Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia
Austria-Hungary, declared war on Serbia on 28 July 1914. -
Germany Declares War on Russia
Germany declared war on Russia on the first of August 1914. -
France Finds Herself at War with Germany
France found itself at war against Germany and, as well, - through Germany- on Austria-Hungary following a German declaration on 3 August. -
Britain Declares War on Germany
Britain got pulled in because of her unclear treaty with France which placed a "moral obligation" upon her to defend France, Britain declared war against Germany on 4 August. -
Britain Demands Germany Withdraw from Belgium
Great Britain, which had pledged to defend Belgium's sovereignty issued an altimatum to Germany (Augest 4th 1914) demanding the withdrawl of German troops. -
Japan Declares War on Germany, and Austria-Hungary Declares War on Japan Two Days Later
Honouring a military agreement with Britain, Japan declares war on Germany on 23 August 1914. Two days later Austria-Hungary responds by declaring war on Japan. -
The Last Twitch of The 19th Century
A truce is made between the trench fighters. -
Troops Landing on the Turkish Peninsula
Bristish, French, New Zealand, and Australian troops starting landing on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli. -
Britain Suffers 11,000 Casualties
The 9th of May, 1915 south of the Ypres salient sir Douglus Haig's first Brittish army had suffered 11,000 causualties in an unsuccessful attack on Aubers Ridge. -
Italy Join the War
Italy finally joins the war in May 1915, she joined the conflict by siding with the Allies against her two former allies. -
Battle of Some
Battle of some: Once the shelling was over, of the 100,000 British troops who attacked the German lines July 1, 1916, 20,000 were killed and over 40,000 were wounded. -
British Troops Get a Surprise
Britain brings out the big guns on Germany, but get surprised when German retaliates and pushes Britain back harder. -
Beaumont Hamel Suffers 324 Deaths To Germany
Beaumont Hamel was cut down July 1st by German machine-gun fire as it attacked over open ground. Within 30 minutes, the regiment suffered a crippling 324 killed and 386 wounded out of a total of 801 soldiers. -
Rassia Stops Fighting for the Tsar
Russia rufues to fight for Tsar anymore. Democracy emerges in Russia thanks to Alexander Kerensky- sadly continued the war. -
America Finally Joins the War
United States President Woodrow Wilson declared a U.S. policy of absolute neutrality, an official stance that lastest until 1917. U.S was finally forced into the war when the German's submarine warfare theatened their commercial shipping. -
The Battle of Vimy Ridge
Nearly one thousand guns opened fire on the German positions. An estimated fifteen thousand Canadians moved from the trenches and moved forward towards the ridge with thousands more following behind them. Canadians captured most of the ridge on the 9th, and took the remaining portions over by the 12th. All four divisions of the Canadian Corps fought together for the first time in war. The Corps suffered 10,602 casualties: 3,598 killed and 7,004 wounded. -
Mines Set Off Under German Lines
The Allies set off a series of nineteen giant mines dug over eighteen months under the German lines south-east of Ypres- in the morning. -
The Battle at Courceletteto
Canadians, occunpanied by seven tanks, were able to assist at their first major battle at Courceletteto by cutting barbed wire and silencing enemy machine-guns. -
End of The War
A cease-fire went into effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, and the war was over. -
The Treaty of Verrsailles
The treaty was finally signed; exactly five years after Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated. Though it was little help. -
Treaty of Saint-Germain
The Treaty of Saint-Germain was signed on September 10th 1919, and came into effect on July 16th 1920. -
Treaty of Neuilly
The Treaty of Neuilly was signed on November 27th 1919. -
The League of Nations
As a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War, on January 10th 1920 the League of Nations was founded. -
Treaty of Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon was signed on June 4th 1920, and becaome effective on July 31st 1921. -
Treaty of Sèvres
The Treaty of Sèvres was signed August 10th 1920.
