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Timeline of World War One
Fichas del conjunto (41)
- 11914 28th JuneArchduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated by Princip, a Serbian terrorist
- 21914 28th JulyThe Austrian Government Declares war on Serbia
- 31914 1st AugustGermany declares war on Russia
- 41314 3rd AugustGermany declares war on France and poured troops into Belgium as per the Schlieffen Plan
- 51914 4th AugustBritain declares war on Germany for invading neutral Belgium
- 61914 AugustThe Russians suffer a massive defeat at the hands of the germans at Tannenberg
- 71914 13th AugustJapan declares war on Germany through her alliance with Great Britain, signed in 1902
- 81914 SeptemberThe Russians suffer a massive defeat at the hands of the Germans at the Masurian Lakes
- 91914 29th OctoberTurkey enters the war on the side of the central powers
- 101913 2nd NovemberRussia declares war on Turkey
- 111914 5th NovemberBritain and France declare war on turkey
- 121914 Autumn/WinterThe German army in France is eventually halted at the River Marne
- 131914 Autumn/WinterThe BEF (British Army) briefly holds up the German advance at Mons
- 141914 Autumn/WinterThe British lose a huge number of men at the first battle of Ypres
- 151914 Autumn/WinterBy Christmas both sides have dug themselves into the trenches on the western front
- 161914 DecemberThe first Zeppelins appear over the English coast
- 171915 7th MaySinking of the US passenger ship 'Lusitania' by U-Boats almost brings the USA into the war
- 181915 23rd MayItaly enters the war on the side of the Allies
- 191915 2nd AprilPoison gas used for the first time (by the Germans)
- 201915 April-AugustAllies attempt unsuccessfully to relieve pressure on the Russians at the Dardanelles
- 211915 FebruaryWinston Churchill resigns as First Lord of the Admiralty and serves on the Western Front
- 221916 AprilRumania joined the war on the side of the Allies, but is promptly defeated by the Germans
- 231916 31st MayBattle of Jutland - the only truly large scale naval battle of the war (result indecisive)
- 241916 28th NovemberThe first German air raid on London
- 251916 DecemberLloyd George becomes Prime minister of the wartime coalition
- 261916 21st February - NovemberGermans attack Verdun to 'bleed the French dry'. Massive casualties on both sides
- 271916 1st July - NovemberBattle of the Somme. 60,000 British casualties (20,000 of whom died) on the first day
- 281917 FebruaryTsar Nicholas of Russia is overthrown and a provisional government takes his place
- 291917 MarchLloyd George appoints the French General Nivelle as supreme war commander over Haig's head
- 301917 July - NovemberBritish attack Germans at Passchendale (3rd battle of Ypres); result inconclusive
- 311917 Lloyd George appointsLloyd George appoints Churchill as Minister of Munitions
- 321917German adoption of unrestricted submarine warfare: a million tonnes of shipping is sunk in the first month.
- 331917 6th AprilUSA declares war on Germany after American ships are sunk by U-boats
- 341917 OctoberCommunists seize control of Russia, promising to end war
- 351917 NovemberBattle of Cambrai: First large scale tank battle of the war; result inconclusive
- 361917 DecemberTreaty of Brest-Litovsk: The Russians are forced into a humiliating peace with Germany
- 371918 AprilThe Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy Air Service are merged to for the Royal Air Force
- 381918 Mid OctoberThe Allies had taken almost all of German occupied France and part of Belgium
- 391918 30th OctoberTurkey surrenders to the Allies giving them control of the Dardanelles (Black Sea Straits)
- 401918 9th NOvemberKaiser Wilhelm II Abdicated
- 411918 11AM, 11th NovemberIn the french town of Redonthes, the Armistice is signed, bringing the war to an end
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- The timeline of World War One. These are my revision flashcards for GCSE History. Enjoy
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